Hello_Destroyer

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Hello Destroyer

2016 film

Hello Destroyer is a 2016 Canadian drama film written and directed by Kevan Funk.[2] It had its world premiere in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

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The film stars Jared Abrahamson as an enforcer on a hockey team who faces difficult consequences when a hit on an opposing player during a game turns more violent than intended.[4] It was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture.

Cast

Production

The film was an expansion of his 2013 short film Destroyer.[5]

According to Funk, his intention was to make a film that explored institutional and systemic violence rather than a sports film per se;[6] he chose a hockey-related setting as it represented an "aggressively Canadian" cultural institution which has a complex relationship with violence and toxic masculinity, and has stated that if he were making the same film in the United States he would likely have chosen a military setting.[6]

The film was shot primarily in Prince George, British Columbia, including at the CN Centre.[7]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 11 reviews.[8] Vice Sports describes the film as "about how violence is cultivated, showcased and then punished within a set of institutions that require its presence to be profitable",[4] and Alex Rose of the magazine Cult MTL called the film "as Canadian as a Weakerthans song and as depressing as that second Leonard Cohen record."[9]

On 7 December 2016, the film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top 10 list.[10]

Accolades

The film received four Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, including Best Motion Picture and Best Actor (Abrahamson).[11]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Hello Destroyer [programme note]". Vancouver International Film Festival. 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Hello Destroyer (Kevan Funk, Canada) — Discovery". Cinema Scope. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. [3]
    "POLITICS AND BOLD STORYTELLING HEADLINE CANADIAN LINEUP AT THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL" (PDF) (Press release). Toronto International Film Festival. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  4. [4]
    "VICE Sports Q&A: We Talked to the Director of 'Hello Destroyer'—a Film That Critiques Canada's National Pastime". Vice Sports. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. [5]
    Rob Alexander, "Funk brothers share Calgary limelight". Rocky Mountain Outlook, September 26, 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Hello Destroyer director Kevan Funk wanted to make 'aggressively' Canadian film". Toronto Star. 10 March 2017.
  7. [7]
    "Hello Destroyer producer grateful to city for help with film". Prince George Citizen. 24 August 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Hello Destroyer". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  9. [9]
    "Hot new films from day four of TIFF". Cult MTL, 12 September 2016.
  10. [10]
    "'Telling stories that show Canadians who we are:' TIFF unveils top 10 Canadian films of 2016". CBC News. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  11. [11]
    "Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience up for Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  12. [12]
    Furdyk, Brent (17 January 2017). "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  13. [13]
    "Leo Awards, 2017 Winners by Name". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  14. [14]
    "Hello Destroyer Named Best Canadian Film by VFCC". Vancouver Film Critics Circle. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  15. [15]
    Smith, Charlie (11 October 2016). "VIFF honours B.C. filmmakers Ann Marie Fleming, Kevan Funk, Julia Hutchings, Jessica Parsons, and Jennifer Chiu". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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