Manchester by the Sea introduces us to Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck), a janitor in Boston, who returns to his home, Manchester, Mass., upon the death of his older brother Joe. Affleck’s character will have to stay there longer than he had planned upon learning that he was now the sole guardian of Joe’s teenage son Patrick (Hedges). There Lee Chandler is forced to confront a past tragedy which still remains very much of his present-day psyche. It’s a past that separated him not only from his wife, Randi (Michelle Wiliams), but also the community where he was born and raised. Lonergan has created in his narrative a moving mix of anger, isolation, humor and the struggle to somehow try to cope with profound grief.
Credits"Manchester by the Sea" written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Jody Lee Lipes, cinematographer; Jen Lame, editor; Ruth De Jong, production designer.
TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Directing Team Megaforce Weigh In On Tongue-in-Cheek Apple Film
Directed by Megaforce via production company Iconoclast for agency TBWAMedia Arts Lab in L.A., this Apple film titled "No Sweat" features a weightlifter effortlessly spinning and manipulating massive weights as if they were batons, metaphorically representing the ability of the M4 family of chips--M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max--to handle the most demanding workloads with ease, all set to Des’ree’s famed music track “You Gotta Be.” [video width="1046" height="720" mp4="https://wp-shoot.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/01112010/M4-chip-No-Sweat-Apple.mp4"][/video] Read More