Tower (2012 Canadian film)

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Tower
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Directed by Kazik Radwanski
Written byKazik Radwanski
Produced byDaniel Montgomery
StarringDerek Bogart
Nicole Fairbairn
Deborah Sawyer
CinematographyDaniel Voshart
Edited byAjla Odobasic
Music byJohnny Hockin
Gabe Knox
Production
company
Medium Density Fibreboard Films
Release date
  • August 10, 2012 (2012-08-10)(Locarno)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Tower is a 2012 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Kazik Radwanski. [1] Radwanski's feature directorial debut, the film follows a socially awkward Torontonian named Derek. The film had its world premiere at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival, [2] followed by its North American premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. [1]

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Critical response

The film was met with critical acclaim upon its release. The Wall Street Journal proclaimed it as "thoroughly compelling, juxtaposing idiosyncratic camerawork with raw insight into the sort of person everyone knows", [4] while Eric Kohn of IndieWire described the protagonist as "an awkward loner made mesmerizing", [5] and Scott Foundas for the Village Voice described it as "a Sisyphus for the Asperger’s era". [6]

Now named Tower one of the "Top 25 Toronto Films" of all time. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kazik Radwanski ascends at TIFF with debut Tower". Playback , September 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Canadians hope to extend string of Locarno success". The Globe and Mail. July 6, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ James Adams, "Portrait of a weirdly memorable man-child". The Globe and Mail , January 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tower Reviews". Simple Machine. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Locarno Review: An Awkward Loner Made Mesmerizing in the Canadian Feature 'Tower'". IndieWire . August 10, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ "The World's Riches: New Directors/New Films Is the Year's Best Local/Global Movie Celebration". The Village Voice . March 20, 2013. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Top 25 Toronto Films". Now . December 31, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
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