Downtime (1985)

Review: Downtime (1985)

Director: Greg Hanec

Plot: Four young adults try to form meaningful relationships in a barren world of dead end jobs and awkward conversations in Greg Hanec’s acclaimed minimalist drama Downtime. The Woman (Maureen Gamelsetter) is at the center of a quartet of bewildered, though gently touching, low-income slackers and dreamers.

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Unearthed Treasure: Greg Hanec&#8217;s <i>Downtime</i> (1985)

Unearthed Treasure: Greg Hanec’s Downtime (1985)

Last Thursday I had the rare opportunity to see one of the best films ever made in Winnipeg. It almost didn’t happen. Since I started a new day job a few weeks ago which requires me to get up at 5:30 every morning, I’m reluctant to […]

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