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

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

  1. 1 2 Review/Film; Sex in Fact and Fiction on a Twin Bill
  2. Do the Right Thing wins honors

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