The NEW Hollywood Video: Sundance ’13: Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij’s ‘The East’ is a Thrill

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Sundance '13: Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij's 'The East' is a Thrill Jan 23rd 2013, 23:00 When it comes to modern thrillers, the tone, pacing and production values of the film are as important as the characters and story. At least for me. The second feature from up-and-coming director Zal Batmanglij, of Sound of My Voice from 2011, premiered at Sundance this year. Titled The East, it’s an eco-terrorist thriller about a rogue collective that plans and orchestrates attacks against the corporations destroying the environment of this beautiful world. I wasn’t particular a big fan of Sound of my Voice, but was surprised and thoroughly rocked to the core by The East, a vast improvement for Zal and outstanding film of its own. Despite easy-to-make cult comparisons to Sound of My Voice, Zal’s The East is nothing like that film and doesn’t have any similarities at all. The East is a much more thrilling tale of corporate greed and destruction focused on a collective of young, idealistic … The post Sundance ’13: Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij’s ‘The East’ is a Thrill appeared first on The NEW Hollywood Video. You May Also Want To Read: Brit Marling Talks 'Sound Of My Voice' And A Future With No Internet It's likely that your first introduction to Brit Marling came... Brit Marling & Wes Bentley Join Terrence Malick’s ‘Green Blade Rises’ Last month we got word of another Abe Lincoln centric... Ellen Page And Alexander Skarsgard Prepare To Go East For Sundance! Ellen Page and Alexander Skarsgard get serious in the just-released...

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