I didn't want to watch it because it was by a collaborator with the Safdie brothers, but it was supposed to be terribly controversial. About an unlikable person in New York. He has a bad roommate and a friend who is suicidal. Filmed with a handheld camera. According to the description on The Criterion Channel, film festival crowds got into violent arguments over it. The only thing to argue about is whether it's a waste of time or how much of a waste of time it is.
The Safdie boys are Zionists. Their uncle is an Israeli architect who, last I heard, was working on the destruction of a Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem.
A mix of naturalism and overacting. Filmed in 16mm. It reportedly took six years to make.
In six years he couldn't have come up with a better title? It's not even his---he took it from a song.
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