Essentially 2 guys look exactly the same and have completely different careers and live in different places, and both of them start obsessing over each other and start growing envious of the others wife. Prisoners is a 20 american thriller film directed by denis villeneuve from a screenplay written by aaron guzikowski. Jake gyllenhaal sees himself in an enemy filmofilia. And much of its scariness derives from its initial inexplicability. Jake gyllenhaals an enemy adds melanie laurent, sarah. Most moviegoers will find it too slow, too monotone, and unnecessarily bizarre. No matter how he has had lived his life the tenses are getting weird. Enemy 2014 ive been having a good time at the movies over the last few weeks. The director, denis villeneuve leaves little clues as the film unfolds, but ultimately any.
He works, he meets with his girlfriend it seems all they do is have sex and he sits around in his apartment looking sad and tired. We talk to director denis villeneuve about enemy, his. Enemy gives us jake in two forms to show us that his shortcomings are not based on his experiences but on his psychology. Oscarnominated canadian filmmaker denis villeneuve continues his collaboration with actor jake gyllenhaal, following prisoners. Adam teaches history and leads a pretty simple life. Can anyone explain the end of the movie enemy with jake gyllenhaal. Chris stuckmann analyzes enemy, starring jake gyllenhaal. The portuguese title of the double, the jose saramago novel upon which enemy is loosely based, is o homem duplicado, or the duplicated man. Jake gyllenhaal can barely raise a smile as he premieres enemy at toronto. May 26, 2016 jake gyllenhaals nine stories and bold films are bringing jo nesbos crime novel the son to the big screen. Enemy director on jake gyllenhaals identical characters. Enemy is just a weird movie, its one of those eerie movies that has a bizarre concept, but then doesnt explain much. Prisoners is a magnificent achievement for the film year. Based on jose saramagos the double, enemy is a deeply challenging piece, made by a filmmaker who refuses to give easy answers to philosophical questions.
He learns that the actors stage name is daniel saint claire, whose legal name is anthony claire again jake gyllenhaal. In his new film enemy, jake gyllenhaal plays two characters. Bafflingly brilliant in every way, enemy marks a career high for jake gyllenhaal, as he portrays the characters of adam and anthony. Jake gyllenhaal on playing two jake gyllenhaals in. One of my favorite new films is enemy, a kind of slowboiling surrealist thriller from director denis villeneuve, based on the book by jorge saramago. Im not 100% sure what to make of it, so i am immediately watching it again. A close friend of jake gyllenhaal gave me crucial advice on. His sixyearold daughter is missing, together with her young friend and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. Enemy, villeneuves latest it was filmed between the two abovementioned films, though it is being released after the latter, differs from the earlier works not only in being set in canada, but also in offering a story thats ostensibly less concerned with painful reallife struggles than with dreamlike subjective perplexities. Enemy tells the story of a university lecturer named adam gyllenhaal who is. Or if jake gyllenhaal s character is losing his mind.
Both star jake gyllenhaal, which is the best thing to be said about each film. Shot just before his psychological thriller prisoners, and with jake gyllenhaal again as the star, enemy is based on a novel. I just watched enemy 20 starring jake gyllenhaal and wow, this movie blew me away. He also wrote the novel blindness, which was the basis for the terrifying science fiction film 2008 about an epidemic of blindness. It is a cerebral movie in that not much is explained. Enemy is a 20 canadianspanish psychological thriller film directed by denis villeneuve, produced by m.
Jun 20, 2014 watch our interview with jake gyllenhaal and denis villeneuve on the set of enemy. Why the title of the book nocturnal animals is based on is a huge hint about the story. Adam bell jake gyllenhaal is a depressed history professor shaken by the. The film stars jake gyllenhaal in a dual role as two men who are physically identical, but different in personality. Can anyone explain the end of the movie enemy with jake. Directed by denis villenueve and starring academy award nominee jake gyllenhaal brokeback mountain enemy is the thrilling feature film, based on the novel the double by nobel laureate jose saramago. End of watch jake gyllenhaal is currently in talks to. Jake gyllenhaal gives a doubly good performance in denis villeneuves tale of a history lecturer who. Enemy is an adaptation of the love i had for the book. The film was helped by another great performance by jake gyllenhaal who is quickly rising to be one of the great modern actors with amazing roles in prisoners and. The two have offered plenty of memorable performances in their filmography, but their work in prisoners is cut and clear their best theyve offered. I just finished watching it and am so confused right now. Sep 25, 2015 everytime the name jake gyllenhaal flashes, everyones thinking sure, hes a good actor but hes no christian bale but to everyones surprise, he is only infact better than him. Jesse eisenberg recently played dual roles in the double, based on the dostoyevsky story, and.
O homem duplicado is a 2002 novel by portuguese author jose. Enemy is loosely based on jose saramagos novel the double. To be honest with you, its not in the book, its not in the novel, and im not sure if. Adam gyllenhaal is a glum, disheveled history professor, who seems disinterested even in sex with his beautiful girlfriend, mary. Jake gyllenhaal can barely raise a smile as he premieres enemy. After being nominated for the best foreign film oscar for 2010s incendies, the local director made two movies in short succession. Enemy probably will enthrall only a few moviegoers, if any. Denis villeneuve has confirmed that the spider in enemy was inspired by louise bourgeoiss sculpture. The film stars jake gyllenhaal in a dual role as two men who are physically. Adapted from author jose saramagos novel the double, director denis villeneuves enigmatic drama enemy stars jake gyllenhaal as a detached college professor whose life becomes hopelessly intertwined with that of his doppelganger a sexually.
Heading the investigation, the detective in charge jake gyllenhaal arrests its driver paul dano, but a lack of evidence forces his release. Jake gyllenhaal opens up about heath ledgers death. Indeed, enemy could easily be described as surreal. Jake gyllenhaal stars alongside melanie laurent in enemy curzon. Adam jake gyllenhaal discovers his exact double and decides to track him down. In enemy, spiders are connected to the female characters in the film. Mar 21, 2014 enemy finds jake gyllenhaal doing double duty.
Enemy, though, which reteams jake gyllenhaal with prisoners director denis villeneuve though it was actually shot before that film, finds the actor trading in similarly subdued and thoughtful. Based on the names and the movies point of view, adam would. Jake gyllenhaal, denis villeneuve reteam on crime movie son. Also in the cast are melanie laurent inglourious basterds, beginners, sarah gadon antiviral, cosmopolis, and isabella. It stars jake gyllenhaal as a history professor the movie never says, but he has that adjunct look to him named. It reminded me of the double life of veronique and made me want to watch under the skin again. This is his most challenging film, but its well worth the effort of viewing and wrestling with the meaning of. One thing that cant be denied is the towering works of hugh jackman and jake gyllenhaal. Jake gyllenhaal reteams with prisoners director denis villeneuve in this sexy and mind bending thriller. This was one of the most confusing and unpredictable movies i have ever seen right up to the very last scene, which has to be one of the most mind boggling endings to a film.
Enemy is based on the novel, the double, by portuguese author, jose saramago. Adam bell is a glum professor who has grown disinterested by his ordinary life. One day tertuliano rents a movie recommended by a colleague and sees an actor who looks. The movie has described as headscratching, mysterious, and gloriously enigmatic. Enemy stars jake gyllenhaal, twice the new york times. In fact, the impression that lingers for days after you see the film, is whether or not the mirror image is real. Sep 21, 2017 i spoke to jeff bauman, who is being played by jake gyllenhaal in the movie stronger, to get advice on how best to make friends with jake. His name is adam bell, and he teaches history, and he looks really bummed out. Jose saramagos the double, the novel on which the movie is based. Enemy is the thrilling feature film, based on the novel the double by nobel. The ending of denis villeneuve s new movie enemy has been called perhaps the scariest ending of any film ever made.
The novel was filmed by rainer werner fassbinder, in 1978, with a script by. Enemy jake gyllenhaal reteams with prisoners director denis villeneuve in this sexy and mind bending thriller. Denis villeneuve directed a canadian thriller feature film, enemy in 20, with a screenplay adapted by javier gullon from this novel. Jake gyllenhaal at an event for enemy 20 sarah gadon and jake gyllenhaal. An enemy is based on the 2001 novel the double which oscar nominee denis villeneuve is on board to direct and javier gullion is set to write the script. Movies based on books, canadian movies, thriller movies. The film has an ensemble cast including hugh jackman, jake gyllenhaal, viola davis, maria bello, terrence howard, melissa leo, and paul dano. The ending of denis villeneuves new movie enemy has been called. Jake gyllenhaal has been a role with his choice of roles, and this is perhaps his best yet. Denis villeneuves enemy stars jake gyllenhaal, twice. His name is adam bell, and he teaches history, and he looks really.
Jake gyllenhaal is a great double act in denis villeneuves eerie. Gyllenhaal is transfixing playing both roles, journeying through a. Mar 12, 2014 as denis villeneuves transfixing psychothriller enemy heads to theaters, one thing that perhaps has been forgotten in coverage about the film is that its based on the novel by jose. Six months later im not sure im any closer to decoding enemy, opening this weekend, and keep flashing back to a cameo from isabella rossellini as jake gyllenhaal s mother as if its a rosetta stone. Villenueve and starring academy award nominee jake gyllenhaal brokeback mountain in the thrilling feature film, enemy, based on the novel the double by nobel laureate jose saramago. Mar 14, 2014 in enemy, denis villeneuves adaptation of a novella by the nobel prizewinning portuguese novelist jose saramago, jake gyllenhaal plays two uncannily identical residents of an unnamed. Try 30 days free enemy was named best canadian film of the year at the toronto film critics association awards in 2014.
Their lives become bizarrely and hauntingly intertwined. Jesse eisenberg recently played dual roles in the double, based on the dostoyevsky story, and even kermit the frog meets his mirror image in. Oct 04, 2017 on this weeks podcast, jake gyllenhaal reads nursing a wound in an appropriate setting, about a doctor whose patients help him find a path to healing. Mar 20, 2014 gyllenhaal takes on dual roles as adam and anthony in enemy, the uncanny story based on nobel prize winner jose saramagos novel, the double of two completely identical men living parallel lives. Teacher jake is bad in bed and actor jake is unfaithful to his pregnant wife. The films are also both based on novels called the double, but the books and films are otherwise unrelated.
I chose this film because of my appreciation for dennis villenauves work. The actors and actresses including jake gyllenhaal as adamanthony do a good job, but the material they have to work with is slight, somewhat pretentious, and occasionally creepy. One of two movies released in 20 about characters meeting duplicates of themselves. Jake gyllenhaal bubble boy donnie darko dangerous woman hot boys man crush the man handsome guys. It affected me in ways i cant put into words see more. Faura and niv fichman and written by javier gullon, loosely adapted from jose saramagos 2002 novel the double. A man seeks out his exact lookalike after spotting him in a movie. Enemy follows an ordinary teacher adam bell jake gyllenhaal. Enemy actually has gyllenhaal in two roles, as an indrawn. He becomes obsessed with finding out about this double of his. The only lead is a dilapidated rv that had earlier been parked on their street. Jake gyllenhaal spielt in dem film eine doppelrolle. Jake gyllenhaal on playing two jake gyllenhaals in enemy. Prisoners, with hugh jackman and jake gyllenhaal, came out last year, and this weekend sees the release of enemy, also starring gyllenhaal.
I spoke to jeff bauman, who is being played by jake gyllenhaal in the movie stronger, to get advice on how best to make friends with jake. Claire is a toronto based actor with only a few onscreen credits, and is married to a woman named helen sarah gadon who is six months pregnant. Catching up with enemy director, denis villeneuve paste. After seeing a film, he notices someone who looks just like him.
Go behind the scenes with jake and denis as they discuss the making of the film. While it was shot before villeneuves prisoners, it is being released after, marking two films in a row with star jake gyllenhaal. Its a mystery story, with mystery elements, but the movie does not provide much in the way of answers. A wealthy art gallery owner is haunted by her exhusbands novel, a violent thriller. Jake gyllenhaal s character repeatedly lectures about control, dictatorship and the censorship of individual expression. Jake gyllenhaal melanie laurent sarah gadon isabella rossellini joshua peace tim post jane.
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