The Long Weekend (O' Despair)

The Long Weekend (O' Despair)

Directed by	Gregg Araki
Produced by	Gregg Araki
Written by	Gregg Araki
Starring	Brett Vail
Edited by	Gregg Araki
Distributed by	Desperate Pictures
Release dates	1989 (1989)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Long Weekend (O' Despair) is a 1989 American drama film directed by Gregg Araki. The film follows three couples, one gay, one lesbian and one heterosexual, spending a weekend together.

Cast

Bretton Vail as Michael
Maureen Dondanville as Rachel
Andrea Beane as Leah
Nicole Dillenberg as Sara
Marcus D'Amico as Greg
Lance Woods as Alex

Production

Araki shot The Long Weekend in black and white on a budget of $5,000.^[1]

Reception

The New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby congratulated Araki for making an attractive-appearing film on a minuscule budget but found the film hard to watch. Faulting the film's "extremely self-conscious, neo-sitcom dialogue", Canby felt that Araki's ingenuity as a filmmaker was not matched by his talent.^[1]

The Long Weekend (O' Despair) won the 1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Independent-Experimental Award.^[2]

References

External links

The Long Weekend O' Despair at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Gregg Araki

Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987) The Long Weekend (O' Despair) (1989) The Living End (1992) Totally Fucked Up (1993) The Doom Generation (1995) Nowhere (1997) Splendor (1999) Mysterious Skin (2004) Smiley Face (2007) Kaboom (2010) White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)

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