By: Rob DeWalt Published online: Friday, November 30, 2012 Appeared in: Pasateimpo
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Capsule review
Director Ira
Sachs’ emotionally dense drama follows
Danish filmmaker Erik (Thure Lindhardt)
and closeted publishing attorney Paul (Zachary
Booth) through a 10-year relationship that begins
with a phone-sex encounter in late-’90s New York
City. Based on Sachs’ past romantic relationship with
literary agent Bill Clegg, the film paints Paul as a crack
addict and doesn’t spare audiences the harsh realities of
addiction’s impact on loving relationships. As years go
by, Erik begins to realize that, despite his love, Paul will
perhaps always be less important to him than the drug.
Sexually charged and brutally honest in its depiction
of human failings, Keep the Lights On soars even higher
with a score crafted almost entirely from works by
composer Arthur Russell. Not rated. 101 minutes.