Mark Pellington
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Mark Pellington
It’s easy to understand why Arlington Road sat on the studio shelf for nearly a year. No, the film isn’t awful; rather, it’s an extremely edgy and ultimately bleak thriller that offers no clear-cut heroes or villains. In other words, Hollywood had no idea how to sell it. Director Mark Pellington’s underrated directorial debut, Going All the Way, suffered the same fate, essentially because the filmmaker’s presentation of suburban America often shifts dramatically within the same film. Characters are usually miserable and bordering on meltdown, no…
