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Live by Night

A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Joe Coughlin: Ben Affleck Loretta Figgis: Elle Fanning Thomas Coughlin: Brendan Gleeson Dion Bartolo: Chris Messina Emma Gould: Sienna Miller Graciella Suarez: Zoe Saldaña Chief Irving Figgis: Chris Cooper Gary Smith:…

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Ben Affleck and Elle Fanning behind the scenes of ‘Live by Night’. (x).

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“if god rewrites the bible and casts gambling as virtuous, i will refrain from speaking against it. but until then, we don’t get to pick our sins.” - loretta figgis

live by night (2017) dir ben affleck 

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Elle Fanning as Loretta Figgis and Chris Cooper as Chief Irving Figgis in Live by Night (2016).

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Kurz vor 70. Thronjubiläum Queen beendet Ruhepause und empfängt Gäste 05.02.2022, 16:38 Uhr Die ärztliche verordnete Ruhepause der Queen ist vorbei. Einen Tag vor ihrem historischen Thronjubiläum öffnet die Monarchin die Türen ihres Landsitzes Sandringham. Unter den geladenen Bürgerinnen und Bürgern ist auch eine alte Bekannte. 70 Jahre im Amt - und offensichtlich guter Dinge: Kurz vor ihrem Thronjubiläum hat Queen Elizabeth II. auf ihrem ostenglischen Landsitz Sandringham Bürgerinnen und Bürger aus der Gegend empfangen. Die 95-Jährige traf sich mit Ehrenamtlichen einer Frauenorganisation sowie früheren Beschäftigen des Landsitzes, wie der Buckingham-Palast mitteilte. Auch die ehemalige Kochschülerin Angela Wood, eine der am Goldenen Jubiläum vor 20 Jahren beteiligten Köchinnen des "Coronation Chicken" (deutsch: "Krönungshühnchen"), das damals große Beliebtheit erlangte, gehörte zu den Gästen. Dieses schmuckvolle Backwerk brachte ein Anwohner mit. (Foto: imago images/i Images) Die festlich in Hellblau gekleidete Queen schnitt einen Kuchen mit dem offiziellen Emblem des Jubiläums an, den ein Anwohner für sie gebacken hatte. Königin Elizabeth II. begeht am Sonntag ihr 70-jähriges Thronjubiläum. Ihr Vater Georg VI. starb am 6. Februar 1952, dadurch wurde seine älteste Tochter seine Nachfolgerin. Keine Monarchin und kein Monarch vor ihr war länger auf dem Thron des Vereinigten Königreiches. Nach der ärztlichen verordneten Ruhepause, die die Queen vor Weihnachten eingelegt hatte, war der Empfang ihr erster größerer öffentlicher Termin. Ursprünglich hieß es, die Königin wolle das Wochenende in Abgeschiedenheit verbringen. Größere Feiern zum Platinjubiläum sollen erst Anfang Juni stattfinden. Doch im Land kommt bereits jetzt feierliche Stimmung auf. Anonymer Royal beauftragt Komponistin Die BBC veröffentlichte zwei Musikstücke, die ein nicht-genanntes Mitglied der Royal Family in geheimer Mission bei einer britisch-israelischen Komponistin in Auftrag gegeben haben soll. In dem Text eines als fiktives Selbstgespräch der Queen angelegten Stücks reflektiert Elizabeth II. ihre Rolle in der Öffentlichkeit und die besondere Zeit ihrer langen Regentschaft. "Ich mag die Königin sehr und war absolut begeistert darüber, gefragt zu werden", sagte die in London geborene Komponistin Loretta Kay-Feld der BBC. Inspiration dafür, wie sich der jahrzehntelange Dienst der Queen musikalisch abbilden lasse, habe sie auf einem Spaziergang am Meer gefunden, erzählte die 73-jährige, nördlich von Tel Aviv lebende Musikerin. Musik und Text lagen für sie in der Luft. "Es war alles in meinem Kopf, ich musste nur noch nach Hause gehen und es aufschreiben." In Zusammenarbeit mit dem irischen Regisseur Jason Figgis entstand auch ein Video zu dem getragenen, von Klavier begleitetem Musikstück. Auch ein zweites, fröhlicher klingendes Werk von Kay-Feld namens "70 Years a Queen" wurde als Video aufbereitet. Geheim bleibt, welches Mitglied der Royal Family die Komponistin, die bereits in der Vergangenheit für die Royals im Einsatz war, beauftragt hat. Sie sei per E-Mail, telefonisch und Videoschalte kontaktiert worden, heißt es. Der Auftraggeber oder die Auftraggeberin wünsche, nicht identifiziert zu werden - sei aber begeistert vom Ergebnis. "Rezept für eine perfekte Queen" Am Freitag veröffentlichte der Buckingham-Palast außerdem Erinnerungen an vergangene Jubiläen der Queen - darunter etwa auch das "Rezept für eine perfekte Queen", für das neben royalem Blut auch ein Becher Mut, ein halber Liter harte Arbeit und ein Esslöffel Gesundheit empfohlen werden. Zum Goldenen Jubiläum vor 20 Jahren hatte ein damals neunjähriger Junge ihr dieses geschickt. Mehr zum Thema Neben diesen Erinnerungen wagte die Queen in Begleitung von einem ihrer geliebten Hunde - einem Corgi namens Candy - vor einigen Tagen auf Schloss Windsor auch bereits einen Blick auf die ersten Einreichungen für ihren "Platinum Pudding". Kreative Feinschmecker können unter der Ausschreibung Rezepte für einen Kuchen einreichen. Das Siegerrezept soll veröffentlicht werden. Es soll auch bei großen "Jubilee Lunches" serviert und "von zukünftigen Generationen" genossen werden, hieß es vom Palast. Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier gratulierte der Königin bereits zu ihrem Jubiläum und hob ihren Beitrag zur deutsch-britischen Aussöhnung hervor. "Weltweit bewundern unzählige Menschen Sie für Ihren unermüdlichen Dienst an der Spitze Ihres Landes und des Commonwealth of Nations über eine außergewöhnlich lange Zeitspanne hinweg", schrieb er. "Wir Deutsche bilden hier keine Ausnahme." Die deutsch-britische Freundschaft habe sich dank des Engagements der Queen in einem Maße entwickelt, "wie es zum Zeitpunkt Ihrer Thronbesteigung, wenige Jahre nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges, wohl nur wenige Deutsche zu hoffen gewagt hätten".

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Live by Night

AUTHOR'S NOTE: A section with spoilers is noted below. As many have not seen this film, I did not want to tag the whole thing as having spoilers in order to encourage potential viewers to read one of the few positive reviews of this film.

Having read the novel by Dennis Lehane, it became apparent that any adaptation of the novel would have to be long in order to capture the sprawling grandness of the novel. From Boston to jail to Ybor City to Cuba, the book has a lot of players, a lot of angles, lots of action and moving parts, and a lot of subplots. The film adaptation sticks largely to these transitions and mentions many of the subplots without diving into them. This is both to the film's detriment and betterment as it often feels as it lacks the depth necessary to make all of its pieces work, but also feels like it is adding in too much. As many have said, making it shorter or longer would have been for the best. However, the final product - which sits at just over two hours in length - is very, very good. Ultimately a barometer on how much people like Ben Affleck, the critical and audience reaction has said that Affleck sucks at either acting, directing, or writing, or a selection of the trio. Fortunately, for me, I do really enjoy Affleck's work in all three arenas. As such, Live by Night falls right into my wheelhouse and, for the most part, works very well.

That said, it is hardly perfect. The beginning section, set in Boston and in jail, is rocky to say the least. For critics who do not enjoy Affleck, this early section makes it easy to write it off as nothing more than a derivative homage to old school gangster and noir flicks. With a femme fatale, underdeveloped morality elements, heists, a cop father, and brushing shoulders with death and gangsters, and doing all of these while smoking a well shot cigarette in a suit with a fedora, the beginning is derivative. It is also messily put together, typically shot, and poorly edited. Scenes smash into one another as Affleck skims through the first 100+ pages of the book to try and get to the good part. He sprinkles little pieces here and there to set the scene and tries to rush through it all. Likely, editing this portion was a real pain as it is the slowest part of the film and is entirely necessary. As such, it flies by and feels wholly inadequate.

For this who decide to stick around, however, Affleck delivers a tremendous gangster flick once we hit Ybor City. Charged with running the rum operation in Tampa of gangster Maso Pescatore (Remo Girone), Joe Coughlin (Affleck) is a nice guy. He can kill, but cannot live with the guilt. While the beginning is derivative and typical of gangster flicks, this section is hardly typical. Cruel gangster with a conscience has been done before, but not quite like this. Instead, he is an uncruel gangster who operates more as a remorseful businessman. His line of business demands violence, but unless the person makes an overt case for deserving a bullet to the head, he is hardly a gunman. Instead, he runs a tremendous operation and lives out the American dream with his best friend Dino Bartolo (Chris Messina) at his side. Taking on the KKK and the gang of Albert White (Robert Gleinster) at every turn, Joe is able to defeat all comers. He corners the market in Ybor City and, as the book explains more and the movie hints at, the entirety of the South stretching to New Orleans. Raking in cash, he also meets a Cuban freedom fighter who becomes his wife, Graciela Suarez (Zoe Saldana). Life is good as he plans on opening a casino to preempt the legalization of alcohol. Until he meets Loretta Figgis (Elle Fanning).

The daughter of Chief Sheriff Irving Figgis (Chris Cooper), Loretta is gorgeous. She is off to Hollywood, but trips along the way and falls into heroin and the sex trade. Joe brings her back to Ybor City as his end of a bargain with Irving in exchange for a KKK member's head. Loretta returns and becomes a preacher who commands a large congregation and builds up serious political sway. She also happens to be anti-gambling, as she views it as a vice and a sin against God. Though directed to kill her, Joe cannot. She kills the casino deal and ends Joe's run as the Mayor of Ybor. Why could he not kill her? Well, to explain that, it really dives into what makes Live by Night so good.

BEGIN SPOILERS Early in the film, Joe's father Thomas Coughlin (Brendan Gleeson) warns his bandit of a son that we reap what we sow in life. Joe, a good man, knows this. He knows that his gangster lifestyle will come back to haunt him because of the violence he must commit to remain relevant. He kills people via booze, pimps out girls, and sells drugs. He is not a good man and this bothers him. The title certainly hints at this shame, as he lives and operates in the night to hide from the eye and scorn of the day. As Albert White explains to Joe early in the film, Joe is looking for somebody to make him pay for his sins. Joe is remorseful and regrets his sins, which is why he cannot kill Loretta. He envies and admires her. She went to hell and back. She preaches and lives up to the word of God. She sinned and escaped retribution for her sins. She outran the rebuking (her father spanking her does not count). This is really underscored in the final shot of the film. He has two conversations with her, one after she preaches and one in a restaurant. In the first, he admires her unwillingness to bend to his whim even when he offers her cash. She refuses to sell her soul, while Joe is mostly certainly for sale at a cheap price. In the second, she expresses her own reservations about God and says that we are living in Heaven, but have "fucked it all up". For Joe, this truly hits home to the point that he tells it to his son at the very end of the film. That this is Heaven, where we are right now. The reason for strife, pain, and anger, is because of the human inclination to commit sin. Joe cannot resist temptation and seeks retribution for his sinful ways, but it has not come. In Loretta, he see somebody that shows people can become reformed and change their ways, even if people are built to stay on the same path.

Of course, Joe also compensates heavily. Not only does he only kill evildoers (KKK inbreds and gangsters), but he and Graciela are active in the community. The book goes more in depth in this arena, but the film certainly introduces many of these good deeds. From homes for abandoned women to donations to the community, Joe and his wife try to repent for these sins via good deeds. Joe tries to change his course and avoid reaping what his violence has sowed all of these years. Yet, Joe's world is rocked by the "death of a madonna" as Loretta slits her own throat. How could this be? How could this beacon of light die? She most certainly was a light amidst the darkness as her church tent hints at by reading, "I Am the Way, I Am the Truth, I Am the Light". A Biblical quote, it also symbolizes Loretta's status in Joe's life and why she is so crucial to the story. She seems tacked on to many, but she serves her purpose in the story incredibly well. Her death brings darkness upon Joe. Though he shoots his way out of Ybor, he runs away from the city to Cuba with Graciela in an effort to escape his just desserts. He tries to live life in the light with Graciela and his new son, but darkness births darkness and the clouds follow him wherever he travels. Death is always around the corner and will threaten him and his family until the check his sins wrote is cashed.

It also really explains why he hated Albert White to degree that he did. Yes, Albert White was the other man in Emma Gould's (Sienna Miller) life - the aforementioned femme fatale of the opening and Joe's first love - but there was more to his importance. Joe fears him and wishes him dead because he feels that Albert is a man that will cash that check. Joe will meet his fate at the sound of a gun held by Albert. He is so obsessed with this that he realizes that his sins against Albert were already paid. He got his ass kicked and lost Emma. Rather, the sins against Irving Figgis are still there and one that he must pay for, as becomes readily apparent when he shows Irving photos of Loretta naked and having sex as part of a power move. Joe knows it is wrong, regrets doing it before he does it, but does it anyways because his business demands it. He ruins Irving's life. He showed him photos of his daughter that no father should have to see. Yes, his daughter can be sexually active, but he does not have to see her being abused by drugs and seedy men in this fashion. Irving spends the rest of his days whispering "repent", spanking his daughter, and having to deal with the death of his daughter. He is burdened with what Joe's life of sin brought him. He must get his revenge and, as it turns out, that is who cashes Joe's check in the very end of it all. END SPOILERS

Live by Night also has many other strengths beyond its characterization of Joe and the development of its themes regarding repenting and living lives of sin. Acting-wise, the film is on point. Affleck has been criticized as lifeless and going through the motions, both of which are incredibly true, but these are a credit. He leads this lavish lifestyle, but it is against his nature. Money cannot buy happiness and his life and performance articulate this. In many ways, it could be seen as mirroring his own life. Loving wife and money, why is he not happy? Well, his life of sin has derailed him and he feels the weighing on his soul. Affleck knows this man well and brings him to life in this role. Aside from Affleck, Elle Fanning is brilliant. As Loretta Figgis, she is raw, innocent, and powerful. Honestly, she steals the show in the little screentime she is given here.

Visually, the film is incredible. From the lavish cinematography by Robert Richardson once we hit Tampa to the costume design, the film is terrifically gorgeous. With multiple gratuitous shots of the open water at sunset, the film was simply always going to be gorgeous. Richardson being behind the camera only makes it better. He does great in capturing the bustling Hispanic town of Ybor City. With golden hues adorning party sequences in both Boston and Tampa, Richardson imbues the film with a true throwback style that is ever present in the rest of the film. It is clear that nostalgic cinema is hit-and-miss with critics this year, but films such as La La Land and The Light Between Oceans both rank among my favorites of the year all the same. Live by Night is no exception as its cinematography really highlights this throwback style in many moments, while instilling an unmistakable modernity with the audacity of some of its shots, namely the open water boat sequence from the trailer. Gorgeous there and equally brilliant in the film, this moment shows how graciously Richardson's camera glides throughout this film and lovingly captures this gangster/noir homage. The costume design certainly adds to this aesthetic with Affleck sporting flashy golden suits and fedoras that pay respects to the gangster films of old, but ditches the black suit choices in favor of a flashier, Southern approach to dressing. In both the cinematography and costume design, Affleck really introduces some postmodernism in the same vein as La La Land. Embracing cliches early on in the film and diverting into a character study of this man, the camera work and costumes also show a rejection of nostalgia and the idea that everything has been done before. Not many gangster flicks have guys where flashy golden suits and taking a black/hispanic girl as their lover. Similarly, the claustrophobic, scaled down shots of the beginning with an emphasis on smoking billowing in a darkly lit room are ditched in Florida for bright, sunlit sequences. While Tampa is brighter, these more spacious and free flowing shots ditch the 1940s/1950s style of limited budget noirs in favor of transporting those styles and characters to modern day filmmaking. Instead, this a film unmistakably rejecting the tropes of old, all while honoring and referencing them along the way. The aforementioned postmodernism can also be found via Emma Gould and Loretta Figgis, who both hint that God is either dead or looks forlornly at the world he has created. Though Loretta hopes there is a God and that he is kind, she is wholly unconvinced. A tenant of postmodernism is that God is dead and the world is doomed. As Loretta believes that this world is Heaven, but we have (and these are not her words) turned it into our own personal hell, it is clear that this film is often steeped in postmodernist ideology.

The production design is also incredibly intricate, as highlighted in the various action set pieces. Set in a in-process building, speakeasies, and hotels, the action always feel fresh, in large part due to the sleek and detailed production design. Each set feels fun and compelling as Joe and his crew sneak through hidden doors and tunnels in order to surprise their enemies. This freshness is also found in the action itself with surprises around every corner with short and snappy dialogue as a complement in these moments.

A powerful tale about a man that is good at heart coping with the sins he has committed and fearing the retribution coming for him from God, Live by Night is a terrific gangster film. Part homage and part diversion to and from the gangster flicks of old, Live by Night is a morality tale about a man living a gangsters life of sin and illegally gotten money in shame. While a deeply flawed film that could have been either longer or shorter to get the same result, Live by Night is not nearly as bad as made out to be by audiences or the critics. Personally, I suspect that time will be incredibly kind to this film and, though a lesser effort from Affleck in the director's chair, it shows incredible ambition and audacity to create a film of this scale that is so abrasive, almost daring audiences to hate the film. Yet, for those willing to embrace the film and its flaws, it is a thrillingly impeccable character study that demands evaluation.

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Should you watch this if it’s free? Okay.

Should you watch this at weekday movie ticket prices? No.

Score: 1.9/5

Secret ending? No.

Running time: 129 minutes (~2.15 hours)

“Live by Night” is a crime drama that’s based on the novel of the same name.

It sees the rise to power of a gangster as he struggles to retain some semblance of morality. But the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

“Live by Night” is directed by Ben Affleck, who also wrote the screenplay. The story is based on Dennis Lehane’s novel, “Live by Night”. It stars Ben Affleck (Joe Coughlin), Elle Fanning (Loretta Figgis), Brendan Gleeson (Thomas Coughlin), Chris Messina (Dion Bartolo), Sienna Miller (Emma Gould), Zoe Saldana (Graciela Corrales), and Chris Cooper (Irving Figgis). It is rated M-18.

“Live by Night” feels very much like a vehicle for Ben Affleck, since he’s in almost all of the important credits. And that’s where the problem lies — he’s clearly spread too thin across too many different roles. The biggest problem arises when you’re both directing and acting. It’s impossible to do a good job when you’re on both sides of the camera, and it shows in the final product. “Live by Night” feels like a movie that was shot for the sake of spending production money, rather than being driven by passion.

Highlights

Loretta’s character arc

Elle Fanning plays Loretta Figgis, a character who appears midway through the film and goes through a rather dramatic character arc. You can see her transformation across each scene that she appears in, and how much she has progressed by the end of her story. For a character who was presented as a boring old stereotype at the beginning, she certainly adds much life to the film.

Joe and Dion’s friendship

The most authentic relationship in the film is that between Joe (Ben Affleck) and Dion (Chris Messina). Their dialogue feels like the most natural of all the characters, particularly when they’re ribbing each other the way good friends always do. It’s a pity that their interactions only come sporadically, because their sincerity is what creates your empathy for the main character, Joe.

Letdowns

Violence and gore are artificially tame

Gangster stories and bloody violence come hand-in-hand, and “Live by Night” follows this trope. For a film with a multimillion dollar budget and an M-18 rating, the gore certainly feels neutered. It’s not even artistically done, since you literally don’t see what happens. Everything conveniently happens off camera, and what you’re left with are some puddles of blood. It’s great to leave it up to the imagination, but aren’t we watching the movie to see how exactly those puddles of blood were formed?

Graciela feels like a racist afterthought 

Graciela (Zoe Saldana) is the target of racism after she marries Joe. Every other scene she’s in has some depiction of the discrimination she has to face, along with some choice slurs. Unfortunately, she’s also treated as a token character by the plot. This tokenism reinforces the racist theme throughout the film, ironically making the film feel more racist through its treatment of male non-Caucasian characters. It’s bizarre and almost amusing.

Overcomplicated network of relationships 

Joe’s motivation is simple — love. The plot, however, confuses you by throwing all sorts of different characters and attempting to create a complex network of relationships to explain why Joe does what he does. It’s a good effort, but it completely falls flat on its face in the execution. The relationships as presented are difficult to understand, and little time is spent developing any of them, as interesting as they might be.

“Live by Night” feels like it never truly lived.

“Live by Night” opens in cinemas: – 26 January, 2017 (Singapore) – 18 January, 2017 (Philippines)

 This review was also published on Yahoo!.

Marcus Goh is a Singapore television scriptwriter. He’s also a Transformers enthusiast and avid pop culture scholar. He Tweets/Instagrams at Optimarcus and writes at marcusgohmarcusgoh.com. 

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[Movie Review] 'Live by Night' feels like it never truly lived | #LiveByNight Should you watch this if it's free? Okay. Should you watch this at weekday movie ticket prices?

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“ I was very nervous to work with Ben Affleck in ‘Live by Night’.  - Elle Fanning.

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Live by Night Review

Live by Night Review

Rating: 5.5 out of 10 Cast: Ben Affleck as Joe Coughlin Elle Fanning as Loretta Figgis Remo Girone as Maso Pescatore Brendan Gleeson as Thomas Coughlin Robert Glenister as Albert White Matthew Maher as RD Pruitt Chris Messina as Dion Bartolo Sienna Miller as Emma Gould Miguel Miguel as Esteban Suarez Zoe Saldana as Graciela Chris Cooper as Chief Figgis Titus Welliver as Tim Hickey Max Casella as…

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The first of 5 films in 5 days of which 3 are Cineworld Unlimited Screenings saw me take in the latest Ben Affleck film Live By Night which is set in the 1920/30’s at the time of Prohibtion starring Ben as Joe Coughlin, Elle Fanning as Loretta Figgis, Brendan Gleeson (he was in Assassin’s Creed I saw last weekend too) as Thomas Coughlin (Joe’s father), Chris Messina as Dion Bartolo, Sienna Miller…

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‘Live by Night (2017)’ - Directed by Ben Affleck Official Artwork.