Shooting Livien
by Rebecca Cook
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Actor: Dominic Monaghan, Jason Behr, Joshua Leonard, Polly Draper, Sarah WynterDirector: Rebecca Cook
Brand: TLA RELEASING
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-16
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Tla
Movie Reviews of Shooting Livien
Movie Review: Remember
Summary: 4 Stars
Watching this low budget production made me remember how the special people in my life had no limits, upwards or downwards. Thank you.
As for the review, I found Jason Behr's portrayal of the torn young artist outstanding. He made the introspective, emotionally disturbed John Livien quite believable. I think if I saw him on stage I could be crying. On the other hand, Dominic Monaghan, who plays Livien's second guitar and (a bit more than just) friend Owen, is once again just his usual self, known in abundance from Lost or LOTR, sorry to say. I liked the music (performed by Fionn O'Lochlainn) and wouldn't have minded to hear more of it. The movie is a bit dark, maybe too dark, as music is supposed to be the one light and love of the main character and we don't much get to feel any of the joy it brings him. Nevertheless, the movie touched me, I recommend it.
Summary of Shooting Livien
Jason Behr (The Grudge, TVs Roswell) stars as John Livien, a John Lennon-esque NYC musician on the road to greater success with his band mates, played by Dominic Monaghan (TVs Lost and the Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project). Despite support from his band, girlfriend Emi (Sarah Wynter, TVs 24) and manager Brea (Ally Sheedy, High Art, The Breakfast Club), Livien still has his own demons to battle. Director Rebecca Cooks bleary-eyed drama beautifully captures the emotion and chaos surrounding the heartfelt creation of rock and roll.Although he is never mentioned by name, the ghost of John Lennon haunts writer-director-producer Rebecca Cook's Shooting Livien, a relentlessly bleak tale about the rise (sort of) and fall of a New York rock musician. Portrayed by Jason Behr (known principally for his work on TV shows like Dawson's Creek and Roswell), John Livien is a New York singer-songwriter on the threshold of the big time. His ducks all seem to be in a row: his bandmates (including Dominic Monaghan, The Lord of the Rings' Merry) and manager (Ally Sheedy) are ready to rock; record companies are interested; he's got an adoring, attractive girlfriend (Sarah Wynter of The Dead Zone and 24); and folks seem to love his tunes, which evoke "Come Together" and other Lennon classics (Livien also bears a passing resemblance to Lennon, along with a bogus Brit accent that surfaces whenever he wants to sound insouciant and/or sardonic, just like the former Beatle). Livien also has a drug jones, not to mention big time Mom and Dad issues that follow him around like a rabid mongrel and result in hallucinations, suicidal tendencies, and other bad stuff. But his (and, in the end, our) biggest problem is that Livien is a pretentious, miserable, solipsistic loser who goes out of his way to thoroughly alienate everyone around him. As we now know, John Lennon was a fairly prickly character himself. But he was also a driven, preternaturally gifted artist whose work had a profound influence on the world. As depicted in this film, John Livien (Livien. Lennon. clever, eh?) is merely a passably talented wanker who's nearly impossible to like or care about. Director Cook shows some genuine promise, but Shooting Livien is a bummer. --Sam Graham
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