Blue Car

2002
R
1h 36m

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6.6/10

3.8K

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A troubled young woman is encouraged by a teacher to enter a poetry contest.A troubled young woman is encouraged by a teacher to enter a poetry contest.A troubled young woman is encouraged by a teacher to enter a poetry contest.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

3.8K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations

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Trivia
This film was edited on an Apple Macintosh Computer with "Final Cut Pro" and "Cinema Tools" software.

Goofs
The application form that Meg fills out for the poetry contest says her poem is entitled "Blue Car", although at that point she has not yet written the poem or given it a title.

Quotes
[after looking over her poem]
Auster: Okay... you tell me.
Meg: I don't know.
Auster: Why not? Are you afraid I'm going to tell you your work stinks?
Meg: Does it?
Auster: What do you think?
Meg: Probably. I don't know.
Auster: Come back when you do.
[rises, starts to leave]
Meg: It doesn't stink. There's a line that I like.
Auster: Which one?
Meg: "Lost leaves spin past the glass, but the trees don't go. They stay by my window."
Auster: What about the rest of it?
Meg: I could go deeper.
Auster: Good for you.

Connections
Featured in The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004)

Soundtracks
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Written and Performed by Lori Carson, Layng Martine Jr. and Jane Scarpantoni
Feels Good for a Minute Music/Corporal Blossom Music (BMI)
(c) 2001

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Great piece of screen writing.

It's always nice to come across a little gem of a film like this one is. The characters are crafted so well that there is nary a false note in the entire piece. The dynamics between the daughter (Meg) and her mother, Meg and her sister, and Meg and her teacher all ring true; at times painfully so. As things so often occur in real life, this was no neat little package of events and resolutions but characters stumbling through situations making good and bad decisions and coming out on the other side having learned something from their experiences.

Why can't everyone write like this! Kudos to Karen Moncrief for showing such great respect for her audience. I hope you have many more opportunities to add to your writing and directing resume. I've seen tons of films and very few of them are standouts. This is one of them.