Black Rock
Black Rock
Directed by Katie Aselton
Produced by Adele Romanski
Written by Mark Duplass
Starring Katie Aselton
Lake Bell
Kate Bosworth
Music by Ben Lovett
Cinematography Hillary Spera
Editing by Jacob Vaughan
Studio Submarine Entertainment
Distributed by LD Entertainment
Release date(s)
January 21, 2012 (Sundance)
May 17, 2013 (United States)[1]
Running time 80 minutes[2]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $7 Million
Box office $34,980,657
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Black Rock is a 2012 American horror-thriller film directed by Katie Aselton, based on a screenplay by her husband Mark Duplass. The film premiered on January 21, 2012, at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically on May 17, 2013. Black Rock stars Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, and Kate Bosworth as three friends that reunite after years apart on a remote island, only for them to have to fight for their lives.[3]
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Development
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit source]
Sarah has invited her childhood friends Lou and Abby to return to a remote island that they once spent time at in their youth, in the hopes of drawing the now distant group back together. On the island they run into Henry, Derek, and Alex, three hunters and veteran soldiers. The two groups are initially friendly, but things grow tense after the three men mention that they had been dishonorably discharged from the military while serving in the Middle East. Abby, in a momentary attraction to Henry, takes a walk with him and the two end up kissing. Henry initiates a sexual overture with her Abby does not want, and when she struggles to free herself Henry becomes more aggressive and begins to rape her. In her desperate attempt to escape, Abby accidentally kills Henry, which prompts his two friends to stalk and hunt the three women.[4]
Cast[edit source]
Katie Aselton as Abby
Lake Bell as Lou
Kate Bosworth as Sarah
Will Bouvier as Henry
Jay Paulson as Derek
Anslem Richardson as Alex
Carl K. Aselton III as Fisherman
Development[edit source]
Katie Aselton began developing the film in 2011, expressing her interest in directing a thriller that audiences would see as realistic.[5] Mark Duplass was confirmed as writing the screenplay and the couple sought to raise funds for the film through crowdsourcing on KickStarter.[5] Kate Bosworth and Lake Bell were signed to Black Rock to play Sarah and Lou, with Submarine Entertainment handling sales.[6]
Reception[edit source]
Critical reception for the film has been mixed to negative,[7] with the film holding a rating of 48% rotten at film aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 54 reviews.[8] A reviewer for Bloody Disgusting gave the film three out of five stars, questioning the intelligence of the female characters over what he saw as "stupid choices" and "lack of character logic".[9] The Hollywood Reporter gave a mixed review, commenting that although the film was "satisfying", the film's female characters "hew perhaps too closely to genre stereotypes".[10]
Alyssa Rosenberg of Think Progress praised Aselton's rape scene, saying "There’s something really powerful about the promise of a piece of popular culture that insists that a woman has the right to say no at any point in a sexual encounter, no matter how flirtatious she’s been or how willing she’s seemed up until that point, and that she has the right to say no without being judged or attacked."[11] The film has also been noted for its selection of Iraq war veterans as antagonists.[12]
References[edit source]
Jump up ^ "Movie Database Black Rock". ComingSoon. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
Jump up ^ "BLACK ROCK (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
Jump up ^ "SUNDANCE 2012: KATIE ASELTON ON “BLACK ROCK”". Fangoria. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
Jump up ^ "Black Rock: the horror of it all". Guardian. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
^ Jump up to: a b "Katie Aselton to Star in and Direct Thriller 'Black Rock' (Cannes)". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
Jump up ^ "Katie Aselton to Direct and Star in Black Rock". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
Jump up ^ "Does This ‘Black Rock’ Trailer Insult The Very Institution Of Horror*?". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
Jump up ^ "Black Rock". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
Jump up ^ "Review: Black Rock". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
Jump up ^ "Black Rock: Sundance Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
Jump up ^ "Black Rock And Feminism As Horror Movie". Think Progress. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
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