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"A film like Morvern Callar, which starred Samantha Morton, for example, would apparently never be made now, but perhaps writers have always felt that."
Smiley starts a row over reluctance to commission original scripts 2011
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In Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar and certainly We Need to Talk About Kevin, you have characters who are opposite of what we in America call "Mary Sues," idealized characters modeled after the author who have unbelievable virtue.
Dan Lybarger: From Glasgow to Glory: Director Lynne Ramsay on We Need to Talk About Kevin Dan Lybarger 2012
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Scottish director Lynne Ramsay's last film, "Morvern Callar," told the story of a woman who covers up her boyfriend's suicide, steals his money, travels to Spain and plagiarizes his writing.
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When Morvern Callar discovers that her boyfriend has cut his own throat, she hardly reacts at all: "There was fright but I'd daydreamed how I'd be."
Psychos, Obsessives And Other Loons Mary Horlock 2011
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After a 10-year gap since her second feature, "Morvern Callar," premiered at the Director's Fortnight in 2002, the 40-year-old Scottish director Lynne Ramsay is back in town, joining ranks with the prize-winning major players of cinema.
The Other Cannes Film Festival Lanie Goodman 2011
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Ramsay made two excellent films, Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar, the latter way back in 2002, then was attached for quite some time to film The Lovely Bones.
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Also, on that "Guardian" list, "Morvern Callar" a British drama from 2002.
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"This story has been done before, and not just by the far more audacious Morvern Callar, which Red Road conjures through its bleak Glaswegian streets and dour central performance from Kate Dickie," writes a less enthusiastic Annie Frisbee at Zoom In Online.
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The director Lynne Ramsay, previously known for Ratcatcher (1999) and Morvern Callar (2002), has gone all out to throw the viewer off-balance from the start.
Evening Standard - Home David Sexton 2011
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The Scottish director of Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar has had a run of bad luck in recent years - The Lovely Bones was taken off her hands and given over to Peter Jackson - but she has lost none of her ability to create exquisite-looking and psychologically intense mood cinema from dark material.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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