Anyone see Dare?

[beherenow1997]

I really wanted to, but it didn't come out near me I guess i'll have to wait for the DVD release

[lostgirl]

I did. There was a free screening at my school in late October thanks to some kindness on the part of Adam Salky and David Brind.

Overall the movie was very good. Acting-wise I'd say it was probably Emmy's best performance yet. She made Alexa seem like a complex, three dimentional person. In the begining she seems repressed: not only sexually, but also emotionally. She's very logical and preplanned. She wants to act but she approaches acting in the same way she'd approach Geometry: with lots of studying. When she's told that she'll never been a good actress if she can't face her emotions she decides to do something she's afraid of and face up to her attraction to Johnny (which I think is there from the begining but suppressed). Of course she approaches seducing him in the same way she'd approach studying for a test. She doesn't mean to hurt anyone but towards the end there's an amazing scene where she discovers that her actions had consequences and the realization that she's hurt someone very deeply slowly comes across her face. Another thing I liked regarding her performance was the last scene in the film. Someone asks Alexa "who are you supposed to be" (meaning what character does she play) and she opens her mouth to answer and then stops and we can see her begin to realize that she doesn't know the answer. She knows she's not the "good girl" she thought she was at the begining, and she's discovered she's not the "seductress" that she tried to be, but she still doesn't know who she actually is.

After the movie there was a Q&A with Adam Salky, David Brind, Mary Jane Skalski (producer), Ashley Springer and Emmy. I can talk a bit about that if you're interested.

[actresssinger7]

I saw it twice. Once in NYC and once in Philly. It was a great movie, considering it was made with a low budget. I pretty much agree with what Lostgirl said. Definitely get the DVD if you can! It's worth the buy!

[beherenow1997]

I'll def be gettin the dvd. Do you (or anyone) know when it comes out?

[idolette]

Jan 21, 2010 11:14:19 GMT -5 beherenow1997 said:

I'll def be gettin the dvd. Do you (or anyone) know when it comes out?

I think it's February 16th? I forget the exact date.

[leah]

My friends and I saw Dare on VOD Wednesday. It was pretty good. Different than I had expected. I would like to discuss it, but I don't want to give anything away.

[idolette]

Gah, I have to wait forever. It's not at my local Blockbuster. As a matter of fact, it's not at any of the nearby Blockbusters, unless I want to go 20+ miles to find it, and I'm not that adventurous, lol!

[lostgirl]

Feb 11, 2010 14:09:09 GMT -5 leah said:

My friends and I saw Dare on VOD Wednesday. It was pretty good. Different than I had expected. I would like to discuss it, but I don't want to give anything away.

You could PM me if you want. Or put anything you're afriad to give away behind spoiler tags

[eduquesne]

Jan 20, 2010 19:18:49 GMT -5 lostgirl said:

After the movie there was a Q&A with Adam Salky, David Brind, Mary Jane Skalski (producer), Ashley Springer and Emmy. I can talk a bit about that if you're interested.

Yes please! I'm very interested.

[lostgirl]

May 4, 2010 8:43:39 GMT -5 eduquesne said:

Jan 20, 2010 19:18:49 GMT -5 lostgirl said:

After the movie there was a Q&A with Adam Salky, David Brind, Mary Jane Skalski (producer), Ashley Springer and Emmy. I can talk a bit about that if you're interested.

Yes please! I'm very interested.

Well the Q&A was advertised as being just Adam, David and Mary so when the actors showed up it was a bit of a surprise! They both came in after the movie had finished but before the Q&A began. Emmy came in first wearing jeans and a sweater and looking very pretty. She hugged Adam and David and then Ashley came in a few seconds later. She gave him a quick hug too and they all chatted a few minutes until the Q&A was ready to start.
The first few questions were geared largely toward Adam and David and focused on the process of bringing a short student film to the big screen. Then someone asked the actors what it was like to work on a production that was so rushed and clearly a passion project on the part of the filmmakers. Basically they said yes and no. Emmy said she didn't realise how used to watching the daily rushes (the rough versions of the clips shot that day) on big budget movies until she wasn't able to watch them anymore. She'd gotten used to being able to check in on her performance as she went along and then she wasn't able to here. Then Adam revealed that wasn't actually a budget thing at all, and that he's just one of those directors who doesn't like actors obsessing over their performances for the whole shoot. Emmy was like "Really?! I never new that! I just figured it was a money thing!" and she laughed and shrugged. Ashley said that as an actor the people on set tend to spoil you regardless of how rough or stressful the shoot is, because they know if you refuse to work no one can shoot anything. He said if it's like that on indies he can only imagine that Hollywood productions are even worse! Emmy laughed as said yes, they are. Then David told a story about how Emmy sensed the director's tension when they were shooting one scene, so she came over to David and asked him if things were OK.
Another interesting point was that the movie was rated "R" (restricted for audiences under the age of 17) due to "language, sexuality and alchohol use, all involving teens". This meant that the movie couldn't be directly marketed to teens and that the workd "high school" or "teen" couldn't be used in the trailer. A few people expressed surprise that the ratings were so strict and David said that he's been shocked at how strict they were. For example the use of the "F word" in a sexual context anywhere in the movie is an automatic R rating (but any other context is OK). Emmy was shocked by that. She said "So you can have a character say 'f-you' and that's a PG13 rating but if the character says 'I want to f you' that an R?" and David said yes.
After the Q&A I went up to Emmy and told her I admired her work. She smiled and said "That's so nice! I'm Emmy" and she put out her hand. I introduced myself, and we exchanged a few "nice to meet you's". She asked if I liked the movie and I said I really did. I started to say more but then someone interrupted us and asked for her autograph. Emmy said yes and asked who to make it out to, and then someone else came over. I didn't want to seem rude or weird hanging around her so I left, but later I wished I hadn't! But she seemed really sweet. Very warm and friendly.

[eduquesne]

Oh my goodness, how adorable - she introduced herself! As if we wouldn't know who she was! lol! What a darling. Thanks so much for sharing - lucky you to have been there. Awesome thing like that never happen in my neck of the woods.

I didn't even realise that it had been given an 'R' rating as well, which would *not* have helped it's chances in getting her performance widely seen. It's amazing how crazy the ratings systems are - you can see people get shot/tortured/blown-up/hacked to bits and that's ok - but mention or show sex and ooohhh no, that's just got to be restricted! Sheesh!!