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Though there is a perception that young adults have a lot of freedom, Brick communicates the finite and closed feeling of being a teenager. Being filmed in colour and mostly ignoring the noir convention of low-lighting, Brick is full of open space; hardly a cue for oppression.
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High school student Brendan Frye discovers a note directing him to a pay phone, where he receives a call from his ex-girlfriend Emily Kostich, begging him for help. She mentions a "bad brick", "the Pin", and "Tug" before abruptly hanging up, apparently afraid of a passing black Ford Mustang, from which a distinctively-branded cigarette is thrown. U...
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The origins of Brick were Rian Johnson's obsessions with Dashiell Hammett's novels. Hammett was known for hardboiled detective novels, and Johnson wanted to make a straightforward American detective story. He had discovered Hammett's work through an interview of the Coen brothers about their 1990 gangster film, Miller's Crossing. He read Red Harvest (1929) and then moved on to The Maltese Falcon (1930) and The Glass Key (1931), the latter of which had been the main influence for the Coens' fi...
Filming
Although the film was shot in 20 days, Johnson spent a great deal of time beforehand refining the script and three months rehearsing with the cast. He had seen Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Manic (2001), met with him, and knew that he wanted to cast the young actor. He encouraged the cast to read Hammett but not to watch any noir films, because he did not want them influencing their performances. Instead, he had them watch Billy Wilder comedies like The Apartment (1960) and His Girl Friday (1940)....
Special effects
The majority of the film's special effects were cheaply and efficiently produced using practical and in-cameraeffects. Early in the film, for example, de Ravin walks toward the camera out of a tunnel as a garbage bag floats downstream and engulfs the camera, transitioning to Joseph Gordon-Levitt back in his character's bedroom. To achieve this, the desired effect was filmed in reverse order. The garbage bag began over the camera and was pulled away during filming, as de Ravin walked backwards...
The Region 1 DVD release of Brick was released on August 8, 2006, as part of the Focus Features Spotlight Series. Special features include: selection of deleted and extended scenes with introductions by Johnson; audition footage featuring Nora Zehetner and Noah Segan; and feature audio commentary with Rian Johnson, Nora Zehetner, Noah Segen, produc...
Box office
Brick premiered in the United States on April 7, 2006, in two theaters. It opened to United Kingdom audiences on May 12, 2006, on a limited number of screens. According to the DVD commentary track, the film was made for $450,000. The film grossed US$2.07 million in North America and a total of $3.9 million worldwide.
Critical response
Brick has an approval rating of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 142 reviews and an average score of 7.03/10. The consensus states: "This entertaining homage to noirs past has been slickly and compellingly updated to a contemporary high school setting." and ranked #35 on Entertainment Weeklys list of the "50 Best High School Movies". Based on 34 critic reviews, Metacriticgave it an average score of 72 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times ga...
In-depth analysis of Brickat Out of the Past: Investigating Film NoirWeb site: Brick (2006) – Box Office Mojo. www.boxofficemojo.com.Web site: Tobias. Scott. The New Cult Canon: Brick. The A.V. Club. May 21, 2009 . March 2, 2015.Web site: The Visuals of Brick. Rian. Johnson. Rian's Forum. rcjohnso.com. April 19, 2006. March 9, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20141103183209/http://www.rcjohnso.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23...Web site: Deleted Scenes and related questions . Rian . Johnson . Rian's Forum . rcjohnso.com . May 2006 . March 9, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201234404/http://www.rcjohnso.com/forum/v...- Steve Yedlin
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Nov 3, 2023 · November 3, 2023 by Nelson Ayers. Hey friend! Have you heard someone say a guy is "bricked" or "bricked up" lately and wondered what on earth that means? As your personal slang interpreter, let me walk you through this odd metaphor step-by-step.
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Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Rian Johnson in his directorial debut, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Brick was distributed by Focus Features, and opened in New York and Los Angeles on April 7, 2006.
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Brick is a 2006 drama film written and directed by Rian Johnson that transports the Film Noir genre into a modern-day high school. Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a teenage loner silently pining over his ex-girlfriend, Emily.
