I remember seeing You Can Count On Me not when it came out, but a few years later, when I was in college. It was the last movie of the first semester of my freshman year, shown to me in, like, Film 101. I don't remember the lessons, I just remember a movie kicking my ass.This was a deep exploration of siblings, life, and tragedy, and it was almost impossible to believe that it was the director's first feature.Well, it's been a while since Kenneth Lonergan made that movie, and since he's graced us with a few other movies that contemplate guilt, mourning, and life in general, like Manchester by the Sea and Margaret.But You Can Count on Me is getting a 4K release, and Lonergan actually sat down with Letterboxd to talk about that and much more.I wanted to pull out some of his best quotes.Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comKenneth Lonergan Talks about His Films I'm a massive Kenneth Lonergan fan. I just think he writes some of the most lively characters. They feel like people he knows and talks to. And there's a deep beauty in that.When asked about You Can Count on Me and how it exemplifies tragedy within life and his other movies, Lonergan said, "I think you tend to write about things that are troublesome to you, or I think things you worry about are things that you end up working on. So I’d say that’s part of it. Then one of the obvious differences...
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