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Wikipedia article
'Postcards from America' (sometimes styled as 'Post Cards from America') is a British and American independent film based on the books 'Close to the Knives' and 'Memories That Smell Like Gasoline ' by David Wojnarowicz.Levy, Emanuel. [https://emanuellevy.com/review/postcards-from-america-2/ Postcards from America: Steve McLeans Tale of Troubled Gay Man, Inspired by David Wojnarowicz]. 'EmanuelLevy', 21 July 2007. Accessed 4 July 2020.
The non-linear film presents sequences from three periods in the protagonist's life. The character, called only David, is portrayed by James Lyons in his adulthood, and by Michael Tighe and Olmo Tighe in his teenage and adolescent years.
Production
This marked the first project on which Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler both worked. Koffler served as post-production producer on this film; the pair would form Killer Films, which released its first film the following year.Mitchell, Wendy. [https://www.screendaily.com/features/the-centrepiece-interview-killer-films-chief-christine-vachon-on-the-fluctuating-state-of-indie-film/5147212.article The Centrepiece interview: Killer Films chief Christine Vachon on the fluctuating state of indie film]. 'Screen Daily'. 28 February 2020. Accessed 25 May 2021.
Marc Maurino, the writer and executive producer of 'FreeRayshawn' (2020) worked on the film as an intern.Fanto, Clarence. [https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/building-a-film-career/article_3ab60ae9-9352-5402-8ed9-78726a8206c1.html Building a film career]. 'The Berkshire Eagle'. 25 January 2008. Accessed 25 May 2021.
Release
'Postcards from America' premiered at the New York Film Festival in 1994.[https://www.cinema.com/articles/1490/far-from-heaven-about-the-filmmakers.phtml Far from Heaven : About The Filmmakers]. 'Cinema.com'. Accessed 25 May 2021. It also played at the Berlin, Sundance, and Toronto Film Festivals.[https://craigpaull.com/About-Craig-Paull About Craig Paull]. Accessed 25 May 2021.
Reception
'Postcards from America' was awarded the International Confederation of Art Cinemas award at the Berlin Film Festival.[https://craigpaull.com/About-Craig-Paull About Craig Paull]. Accessed 25 May 2021.
The film received mixed to negative reviews upon release. Many reviews knocked the film for portraying "Wojnarowicz as a passive, inarticulate victim."[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/21/movies/film-review-artist-as-nihilistic-victim.html Artist as Nihilistic Victim]. 'New York Times'. 21 July 1995. Accessed 4 July 2020. 'Variety' described it as "(a) downer without much compensatory insight or dramatic power" in which "McLean shuffles and deals the cards from his deck in a highly selective manner and leaves far too many of them face down."McCarthy, Todd. [https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/postcards-from-america-1200438517/ Postcards from America]. 'Variety', 19 September 1994. Accessed 4 July 2020. In a review for 'The Advocate', Emanuel Levy concluded that 'Postcards' "a dispassionate, uninvolving film" that "may be drenched in too much style, making the experience even more fractured and remote."[https://emanuellevy.com/review/postcards-from-america-2/ Levy].
One favorable review commended it for the use of scenes in which characters address the audience, saying the device was better-utilized in 'Postcards' than in 'The Sum of Us'.Guthman, Edward. [https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/FILM-REVIEW-Postcards-From-a-Traumatic-Life-3027379.php `Postcards' From a Traumatic Life]. 'SF Gate', 28 July 1995. Accessed 4 July 2020.
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