Demolition (2015)

[Caterina Haggins]

Demolitionis a 2015 American comedy-drama film[3] directed by Jean-Marc Valle and written by Bryan Sipe. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, and Judah Lewis. The film opened the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival[4] and was theatrically released on April 8, 2016, by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

Davis is a successful investment banker at a firm founded and run by his father-in-law Phil. His wife, Julia, is driving them when they are struck by another vehicle, killing Julia. Recovering in the hospital, he attempts to purchase some candy from a vending machine which malfunctions. Davis drafts a complaint to the vending machine manufacturer that includes some venting of his personal experiences. This leads to a series of conversations with a customer service representative, Karen Moreno, in which they end up sharing details of each other's life burdens. Karen appears to be the only one he talks to, though he tells his stories in an understated and unemotional style. He brings this same unemotional process to work, which he has returned to much earlier than anyone expected. Davis does tell one other person, a fellow commuter train rider, that he realizes that he didn't love Julia because he doesn't feel "...sad, or pain, or hurt...". When the commuter prompts the question, "What do you feel?" Davis abruptly stops the train.

Karen follows Davis, talking with him on his commuter train without revealing her identity. She mistakenly leaves some identification, and Davis is sufficiently moved to track her down at home, where she lives with her boyfriend and boss, Carl, and her 15-year old troublemaker son, Chris. When Carl goes on a long business trip, Davis bunks at her house, where they develop a deep platonic friendship. Chris initially dislikes Davis, but later grows not only to like him but to help Davis cope, while Davis becomes his mentor in return.

Davis joins his in-laws in funding a foundation in Julia's name that will award an annual scholarship; during interviews, Davis behaves disrespectfully towards one of the award candidates, and Phil asks him to sign a transfer of his beneficiary rights in Julia's $2.6 million life insurance policy to the scholarship fund in her name. Davis purchases demolition tools from a hardware store (and, later, a bulldozer) and, with Chris's assistance, destroys his house. When Davis finds an ultrasound of Julia's from the previous year, he is devastated that she failed to inform him.

A climactic night impacts everyone. Davis brings Karen to the party for the scholarship winner, greatly troubling Julia's parents. A young man makes an inappropriate advance on Karen, and she later laughs out loud when he is introduced as the scholarship winner. Davis announces to everyone that Julia had been pregnant and kept it secret. Julia's mother tells him his wife was seeing someone else, the child was not his, and she had an abortion. Returning to Karen's house, Davis finds Carl has returned and is reading the letters Davis wrote to Karen. Carl assaults Davis, while Chris receives a brutal group beating after coming out as gay.

Davis visits his wife's grave and the green station wagon arrives; a man carrying flowers gets out of the car. He turns out to be Michael, the driver of the car that killed Julia. Davis forgives Michael and he experiences flashbacks of his wife and him together and he finally cries, bringing closure.

Davis receives a letter from Chris saying that he is recovering from his beating, his mother has left Carl, and Davis must be at Pier 54 at a particular time, which results in Davis witnessing the demolition of some waterfront buildings across the Hudson River. Chris watches Davis through binoculars from a nearby vantage point. In the final scene, Davis joyously joins a bunch of kids running as he races ahead accomplishing his childhood memory and desire for winning a race since he always used to lag behind in his childhood.

In May 2013, director Jean-Marc Valle was set to direct Demolition, for a 2015 release date.[8] On October 9, 2013, it was announced that Black Label Media would finance the film, and would co-produce along with Mr. Mudd.[9] On June 6, 2014, Jake Gyllenhaal was in early talks to star in the film.[10] On July 21, Naomi Watts was in talks to join the film.[11] On September 4, Watts was confirmed cast in the film to play the female lead.[12] On September 10, Chris Cooper was set to star in the film.[6] On October 18, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired U.S., U.K., Australia, France and Germany rights to the film, and director Valle said, "I'm thrilled and excited to be back in business with Fox Searchlight. They have been wonderful, creative partners on Wild. I look forward to collaborating again on Demolition."[13] Judah Lewis' role as the son of Watts' character Karen Moreno was confirmed on July 15, 2015.[7]

Demolition received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 54% approval rating based on 210 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The site's consensus reads, "Demolition benefits from a stellar cast, even if their solid work isn't always enough to prop up a confused story that aims for profundity but too often settles for clichs."[17] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 49 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[18]

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First on the list is a film called Demolition (2015), which stars Jake Gyllenhaal. It's a story about a grieving banker who returns to work after losing his beloved wife. He started writing a letter to complain about a vending machine and then later receive phone calls from Karen, a customer service rep from the company. As his new friendship with Karen, Mitchell finds the strength he needs to rebuild his life.

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When a historic bridge is demolished, the Historic Bridge Program attempts to document the demolition. The bridges are usually destroyed by the contractors with backhoes or other construction machines, and 35mm photography is used to capture the demolition. Once in a while, it is more advantageous for the contractor to demolish the bridges with explosives. When this happens, ARDOT will record the demolition using camcorders. The videos listed below are from some of the historic bridge demolitions that have been recorded by ARDOT.

Municipalities across the state have experienced the pain of manufacturing plant closings. Plant closings have a considerable adverse impact not only on employment but also have a potential for leaving vacant buildings as a blight on the landscapes in these communities.

Without careful planning, vacated buildings can attract scrapping companies who desire to acquire the buildings for the sole purpose of stripping them of valuable material and leaving building structures which have no useful purpose. In these situations, the vacant shell of a building does not provide good options for municipalities as they consider their limited options for such blighted properties.

Forward looking communities should adopt salvage and demolition ordinances before plant closings occur in their communities. This article provides a short description of the recommended salvage and demolition ordinances as a method to mitigate the risk of blighted properties resulting from plant closings.

A municipality should adopt ordinances which will deal with not only the salvaging of non-structural materials but also the required demolition of the remaining structures. These local laws will ensure that the municipality has approved appropriate activities on the property and that the contractors are operating in a safe manner which is not detrimental to the community. These ordinances, if adopted in appropriate form, would regulate the removal of salvageable materials so that what is remaining is a usable site after such salvaging occurs or, if not usable, would require the demolition of the remaining structure as a candidate to receiving a requested permit. The regulations also will assure that such salvage and demolition activities will occur in a manner that prevents health and safety hazards, as well as nuisances, and also afford the municipal officials access to the property for inspection as such salvage and demolition processes are being completed. It may surprise many municipal officials that very few state statutes regulate the manner in which demolition and salvaging must occur other than specific laws dealing with asbestos, lead-based paint, and other hazardous materials. As a general rule the state laws do not regulate the type of non-hazardous material that can be removed from a building or the manner in which demolition must be completed. For this reason a model salvage/demolition ordinance should be considered by the municipality.

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