Kill Your Darlings is a 2006 film directed by Björne Larson and written by Björne Larson and Johan Sandström. In an interview with Svenska Dagbladet, Larson said that the film is based on a real event in his life when he met a seemingly nice man at an internet cafe in Los Angeles who ended up leaving Larson bound and restrained in a desert.[2] The film features a cast of many of the most popular contemporary Swedish actors (Fares Fares, father and son Stellan and Alexander Skarsgård, and Andreas Wilson from Oscar-nominated Evil), some less famous U.S. actors, Julie Benz and Greg Germann, and Canadian Lolita Davidovich.
| Kill Your Darlings | |
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| Directed by | Björne Larson |
| Written by | Björne Larson |
| Starring | Lolita Davidovich Andreas Wilson Fares Fares Alexander Skarsgård Julie Benz John Larroquette Greg Germann Benito Martinez |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
The title seems to be a reference to the popular advice for writers, "Murder your darlings", commonly misattributed but written by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.[3]
Cast
edit- Lolita Davidovich as Lola
- Andreas Wilson as Erik
- Fares Fares as Omar
- Alexander Skarsgård as Geert
- Julie Benz as Katherine
- John Larroquette as Dr. Bangley
- Greg Germann as Stevens
- Benito Martinez as Officer Jones
- John Savage as Rock
- Terry Moore as Ella Toscana
- Skye McCole Bartusiak as Sunshine
- Michelle Bonilla as Susan (as Michelle C. Bonilla)
- Scott Williamson as Rob Wolfton
- Ashlyn Sanchez as Meadow
- Michael Cutt as Lou (as Michael J. Cutt)
- Stellan Skarsgård as Erik's Father
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ @SkarsJoy (12 April 2020). "Today is the anniversary of the release of Björne Larson's KILL YOUR DARLINGS (April 12, 2006). Alexander Skarsgård…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Stefan Malmovist (2006-04-11). "Handlar filmen om ditt liv?" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2007-03-11.
- ^ Forrest Wickman (2013-10-18). "Who Really Said You Should "Kill Your Darlings"?". Browbeat (Slate). Retrieved 2016-03-23.
External links
edit- Kill Your Darlings at IMDb
- Kill Your Darlings at Rotten Tomatoes
- Kill Your Darlings at the Swedish Film Institute Database
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