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- 2013
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- Outcast Films
- 1 h 21 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Outcast Films
- 1 h 21 m
Summary Gut Renovation charts the destruction of Williamsburg after the city passed a re-zoning plan in 2005 which allowed developers to build luxury condos where there were once thriving industries, working-class families, and artists.
Written By: Cathy Quinlan
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Outcast Films
- 1 h 21 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Outcast Films
- 1 h 21 m
Gut Renovation
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Summary Gut Renovation charts the destruction of Williamsburg after the city passed a re-zoning plan in 2005 which allowed developers to build luxury condos where there were once thriving industries, working-class families, and artists.
Written By: Cathy Quinlan
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Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
43% Negative
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3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
44
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
43% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
The latest in a line of documentaries decrying the destruction of viable working-class businesses and residential neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Su Friedrich’s film bypasses sadness and indignation for flat-out anger and well-aimed sarcasm.
An alternate title for Gut Renovation, Su Friedrich’s cranky, sarcastic documentary polemic about the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood, might be “The Rape of Williamsburg.”
The navel-gazing artist class that gave Williamsburg its character (now more of a marketable “brand”) has in Friedrich both a vigorous defender and, it must be said, something close to an angry parody of itself.
Friedrich’s snide tone gets in the way, turning a study of capitalism run amok into one artist who just can’t stand all these rich squares and their “fancy dogs.”
The result is like an hour and a half listening to someone bellyache about her landlord.
Due to the one-minded construction of the documentary, there's little to parse beyond impassioned harrumphs.
What a shame it is that Friedrich, so impassioned by her subject matter, couldn’t get enough objectivity to make a film that’s more than just a complaint.
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Release Date Mar 6, 2013
Duration 1 h 21 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website
http://www.sufriedrich.com/
Awards
Brooklyn International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination