Benny Safdie

Films

The Ralph Handel Story Watch The Ralph Handel Story

The Ralph Handel Story

The Ralph Handel Story

What's This a Ralph Handel Movie
Dir. Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
(2006)    16 minutes

Benny Safdie’s deadpan spoof of stand-up comedy and staged cinéma verité verges on performance art.

John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island Watch John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island

John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island

John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island

Dir. Benny Safdie
(2007)    10 minutes

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John embarks on a trip to Coney Island for a day of fun and happiness. Things don't quite work out as planned.

Acquaintances of a Lonely John Watch Acquaintances of a Lonely John

Acquaintances of a Lonely John

Acquaintances of a Lonely John

Dir. Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
(2008)    12 minutes

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He lives his life alone trying to connect with anything or anyone he can. Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between hysterical crying and hysterical laughter.

There's Nothing You Can Do Watch There's Nothing You Can Do

There's Nothing You Can Do

There's Nothing You Can Do

Dir. Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
(2008)    4 minutes

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The Safdie brothers repurpose reality television’s vocabulary of confrontation and cramped cinematography for a miniature study of urban maladies.

John's Gone Watch John's Gone

John's Gone

John's Gone

Dir. Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
(2010)    22 minutes

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JOHN'S GONE is a fever dream comedy. John sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs friends but settles for strangers, has roaches. He is punch drunk, not with love but something far more strange and lost. One can only say John's gone.

Straight Hustle Watch Straight Hustle

Straight Hustle

Straight Hustle

Dir. Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
(2011)    5 minutes

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Hustle, hustle, hustle... hard. These two got a cold hustle going on in downtown Seattle.

Genres

Recent Reviews

Mirsky
Mirsky

Acquaintances of a Lonely John

Slightly better than the other two films I've seen by these brothers, but still wasn't interesting or funny.


Mirsky
Mirsky

There's Nothing You Can Do

This is the second short I've seen by these brothers. I hated both. The camera work is awful and out of focus much of the time. And there was nothing...


Mirsky
Mirsky

Straight Hustle

Didn't like it.


dschweisguth

Acquaintances of a Lonely John

Not the funniest or the most interesting of the John films, but worth a look.


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Acquaintances of a Lonely John

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