A Single Man

Director: Tom Ford
Writer: Tom Ford, David Scearce
Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult
Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 2009 10:08 AM
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Criticwire: B
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Synopsis: In his first feature film, Ford continues along this rich and aesthetically complex pathway, using the recent history of the photographic image to tell a story both historical and bracingly contemporary. The setting is Southern California and our moment in time is officially the early sixties. We meet George Falconer (Colin Firth), a gay college professor, as he learns that his lover Jim (Matthew Goode) has died in a car wreck. Grief overwhelms him, and his “invisible status” in society begins to close in again. Suicide seems the best way out. But a mad night with Charley (Julianne Moore), his best girlfriend from England, and the unexpected attentions of an angora-sweater-clad young man make George think twice. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]

Reviews

REVIEW | Depth in Beauty: Tom Ford's "A Single Man"

Directed by former Gucci creative director Tom Ford, "A Single Man" has a few of the qualities you’d expect from a fashion designer’s first film. On a superficial level, nearly every frame is highly styled to the point where it would not seem out of place printed in Italia...
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Interviews

Tom Ford: "This is the thing I've done in my life that I'm the most proud of."

"No matter how much you love something, there are those moments where you think, 'shit, maybe I'm just way out on a limb and other people aren't going to feel this way'," Tom Ford said regarding his film "A Single Man." "But then after the screening in Venice, we had a standing ovation for ten minut...
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Spirit Awards 2010 | Tom Ford: "I have always been obsessed by film."

With his critically acclaimed adaptation of Christopher Ishwerood's novel "A Single Man," fashion designer Tom Ford successfully made the leap from designer to director. Ford discusses the film, nominated for three Independent Spirit awards including Best First Feature, screenplay and actor (Colin F...
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