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Everything’s Gone Green

kdk April 18, 2007
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After making it through one of the worst mornings ever, 29-year-old Ryan (Paulo Costanzo) could use a little good news. It all started when his girlfriend threw him out of their Vancouver apartment, complaining about his lack of motivation. Then he showed up for work, only to be suspended from his job as a technical writer after his boss dug up some rather distressing poetry on his hard drive.



As he’s packing up his cubicle, Ryan gets a call from his parents, announcing that they’ve won $4.3 million in the lottery. It looks like things might finally be looking up—so he rushes over, only to find out that it was all just a mix-up. Fortunately, though, one good thing does come out of it—a job a job interviewing and photographing lottery winners for the lottery’s magazine.



Before long, Ryan’s settled into a new job and a great new apartment in an entirely unoccupied high-rise in the city. Everything seems to be going relatively well—until he begins to realize how pointless it is. Everyone around Ryan is involved in some sort of money-making scam—even his parents have a grow-op in their basement—so why should he have to spend his whole life at a meaningless job that pays next to nothing, when he could be making real money, just like everyone else?



Written by popular Gen-X techno-geek-novelist Douglas Coupland, Everything’s Gone Green is everything you might expect. It’s filled with disillusionment and disinterest. There are characters trying to figure out how to get the most possible money in return for the least possible effort. There’s a well-meaning young techno-slacker who’s frustrated with the futility of it all. And, to sweeten the deal a bit, there’s a little bit of young romance.



Coupland fills the story with his ironic and often cynical sense of humor. For instance, he places the story in Vancouver, where many Hollywood films and television shows are regularly filmed. Often, when you see Vancouver in a movie, it’s supposed to look like New York or LA. But here, it’s just Vancouver—with its ubiquitous camera crews, its extras dressed as aliens, and its one palm tree that’s moved from set to set, to make its buildings look like they’re set in Southern California.



The film tends to move at a slacker’s pace, and it’s not obviously, side-splittingly hilarious, but it’s amusing nonetheless, in Coupland’s dry, laid-back style. It’s definitely different—so mainstream audiences might find it a bit sluggish and even a little puzzling. But it’s also definitely Coupland—so if you’re a fan, you’ll be as delighted by Everything’s Gone Green as any cynical, disillusioned Gen-Xer can possibly be.

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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it. Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course. As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com). Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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kdk

Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.

Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.

As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).

Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.

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