The Same River Twice (2003)

with introduction from frances mcdormand (!) and joel coen (!), q&a with joel coen (!) and director rob moss (!). never seen someone be as electrifying in a five-minute intro as mcdormand here. imagine if your funniest aunt was our greatest living actress and you’ll get the…

sam hebert

In The Same River Twice, Moss tracks down his old friends and shows them clips from his short film “Riverdogs” to remind them of times long past. If the fact that two of these people are mayors of their towns is the film’s initial punch line, their regret at moving beyond…

Connor Denney

i wonder how my old camp counselors are doing. maybe they're all the mayor.  yff archive dive w/ intro by frances mcdormand and joel coen then q&a with joel coen and robb moss

Olivia

“It’s just as simple as…my father was a kid, and then he was a father, and then he was old, and then he died. And now it’s my turn to be a father. And soon I’ll be old. And soon I’ll die. And then it’ll be my son’s turn and my daughter’s turn.”

BWilder

Unbelievably tender. But at the same time scary, comfortable, hurtful. Cozy. Makes you wonder how many normal people you see day to day and you would have no idea that they spent their youth in such full and leash-less ways. The doc doesnt always stay focused, but that…

Hayley

Special intro by Joel Coen and Frances McDormand, followed by a Q&A with director Robb Moss. Lotta fun Amy Madigan energy from McDormand, while Coen looked stern and held the mic for her. Moss said that “time has to creep in” to the way we understand ourselves in the…

Ian_L

the shots of water in this are absolutely off the chain, just a beautiful film in every way. first time at film club where not a single person i talked to after had any bad thing to say about it, myself included. easy film to relate to on a spiritual if not material level,…

i.

young film forum I <3 you really touching and beautiful meditation on the passage of time, fleeting nature of youth, etc.  Tristan and I briefly discussed one of Robb’s remarks in the Q&A w Joel Coen—something about how the participants’ experience is captured in the…

margarete

Note: with post-screening Q&A with director Robb Moss & Barry Wasserman, one of the main friends filmed throughout the trilogy of films. Moderated by filmmaker Lance Oppenheim. "Maybe that's why I had my first child when I was 40. I still felt like a kid at 28." I chose…

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