Frances Ha

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Call Number: DVD Comedy Frances
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Production notes and essay "The Green Girl" by playwright Annie Baker are included in container insert.
Special features: Peter Bodganovich and Baumbach (new conversation between filmmaker Bogdanovich and cowriter-director Baumbach); Sarah Polley and Greta Gerwig (new conversation between actor and filmmaker Polley and the film's cowriter and star, Gerwig); Interpreting reality (new conversation about the look of Frances Ha between Baumbach, director of photography Sam Levy, and Pascal Dangin, who did the film's color mastering); Trailer. Booklet features an essay by playwright Annie Baker.
All content and special features available on both Blu-Ray and DVD discs.
Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Charlotte D'Amboise, Adam Driver, Hannah Dunne, Michael Esper, Grace Gummer, Josh Hamilton, Patrick Heusinger, Cindy Katz, Maya Kazan, Justine Lupe, Britta Phillips, Juliet Rylance, Dean Wareham, Michael Zegen.
Greta Gerwig is radiant as a woman in her late twenties in contemporary New York, trying to sort out her ambitions, her finances, and, above all, her tight but changing bond with her best friend, Sophie (Mickey Sumner). Meticulously directed by Noah Baumbach (Kicking and Screaming) with a free-and-easy vibe reminiscent of the French New Wave's most spirited films, and written by Baumbach and Gerwig with an effortless combination of sweetness and wit, Frances Ha gets at both the frustrations and the joys of being young and unsure of where to go next. This wry and sparkling city romance is a testament to the ongoing vitality of independent American cinema.
DVD: DVD, NTSC region 1, high definition widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.

REVIEWS & SUMMARIES

Library Journal Review

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Worth a Look submitted by Beth Manuel on June 18, 2014, 8:09am While not for everyone, this is a simple glimpse into the life of Frances, her struggles, hopes and humiliations. Not too deep, only 86 minutes,. I like to see how other people live sometimes, even if their lives are mundane. There's always something to learn about people.

funnyfunny submitted by caveman1351 on June 15, 2019, 8:57am funny

Ha submitted by Ange on July 27, 2021, 11:37am Ha

wonderful submitted by zaraz on August 2, 2022, 1:42am a lovely slice of life film with a clever script and a great performance from Greta Gerwig.

one of the best films of all time submitted by pmheard on June 9, 2023, 11:24am i put off watching this for so long, mainly because i wasn’t really sure if i was going to like it, but conversely because i was frightened it would make me cry. naturally, i was right. i loved it and i’m devastated.

sometimes you find a film that touches you in such a personal way, as if there was a window into your heart being projected onto a screen. that was this for me. i saw myself in frances along every step of her journey; she’s awkward, intensely passionate, aloof, and most importantly, lost. in social interactions she feels just one tick behind, somehow missing the beat of conversation every time. whether that’s due to her own inner turmoil or mismatched relatability is up for debate, but she’s acutely aware that something is amiss. she so accurately portrays the experience of the adult coming-of-age, which for myself is a looming, terrifying prospect i’m dreading to approach.

one of the most prominent themes here was that of the intimacy of close friendships. this is something so personal to me. sometimes it can genuinely take a lifetime to discover people who you feel are so tightly interwoven into your life you become one another, but i’ve been so lucky to find that in a few friends currently. the feeling is utterly indescribable. they’re close to me in proximity now, but seeing frances’ pain as the light of her life moves onward and grows distant felt like a shot to the heart as i imagined that same process potentially occurring to myself quite soon. there’s something so beautifully painful about opening yourself up to a person with the maturity to acknowledge it might not last forever. overall, intimate relationships of any kind will truly change you as a person and i felt that sentiment just expertly crafted here. i can’t even properly contain my thoughts about it

aside, this was truly a slice of life in every sense. we weren’t just getting a peek into frances’ experience, but that of her entire universe. and it felt so real. almost like a home video. stylistically, the black and white was excellent in that realm. it felt as if we were actively observing a memory in the making. and now i’m bawling looking around my college home, remembering the memories we’ve filled this space with, but now with the thought that this too will fade. realizing that we’ll never be this young again. the first time in a long time a film has made me truly feel something. and i could say much more, but i’m a fish-faced crying mess at the moment so this will mark my abrupt conclusion.

watch this if you haven’t

ok submitted by chlund1977 on July 29, 2023, 1:21pm it good