Hey guys! Horrorella here...
David Gordon Green has been exploring some interesting territory with his past few films. JOE and PRINCE AVALANCHE both demonstrated his unique way of examining his characters and the way they deal with very complex, yet human emotional challenges, and the upcoming MANGLEHORN looks to continue that streak.
The film focuses on a man (Al Pacino) drowning in regret after losing the love of his life. He has been relatively unsuccessful in maintaining a grip on the few relationships he has left, and is struggling to reconnect with the world around him in any sort of meaningful way.
It really looks like a strong performance from Pacino, which is refreshing, given his character choices of late.
Check out the new trailer below. MANGLEHORN opens on June 19th. What do you guys think?
Reclusive small town locksmith Angelo Manglehorn has never quite recovered from losing the love of his life, Clara. Fixated on her memory, he feels closer to his beloved cat than the people around him and prefers to find comfort in his work and daily routine. Still, he forges on with his tenuous human connections, maintaining intermittent contact with his son, taking misplaced pride in a former protégé gone astray, and establishing a cautious friendship with a kindhearted woman from the local bank. As this solitary man approaches the possibility of new love, he finds himself at a crossroads between remaining consumed by the past and embracing the present. Manglehorn is a movingly humanistic portrait of a man rendered with unsentimental simplicity and idiosyncratic humor.
