AWARDS
"Bug" was awarded The Fipresci Prize (International Critics Award), for the Director's Fortnight section of the festival.
PRESS BREAKS
Ashley Judd shows great dedication to the role of the trashy, tragic Agnes. But it is Michael Shannon who is the revelation,
committing himself body and soul to a tour de force performance as a man who faces his greatest threat from the forces that are inside his mind. - Allan Hunger, ScreenDaily
Hollywood Reporter
In his role as the wounded vet, Shannon recalls a young Tim Robbins in his wacko roles, as he whirls and catapults into a deadly state of
Roger Ebert
The last 20 minutes are searingly intense: A paranoid personality finds its mate, and they race each other into madness. For Friedkin, director of “The Exorcist,” it’s a work of headlong passion. The film has caused a stir at Cannes, not least because its stars, Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon, achieve a kind of manic intensity that’s frightening not just in itself but because you fear for the actors.
Paper Magazine (Dec)
Ashley Judd and Mike Shannon are electrifying as two damaged souls in a seedy Oklahoma roach motel in William Friedkin's nightmarishly brilliant film version of the acclaimed play by Tracy Letts. Tracy Letts' play is like Sam Shepard on Special K, and Friedkin definitely has a feel for the dark side of this material. Ashley Judd gives a raw, shattering, Oscar-worthy performance and Mike Shannon is just astonishing. - Denis Dermody, PAPER MAGAZINE (Dec)
BUG - THE PLAY THAT STARTED IT ALL
-One of Richard Avedon's final photos. Appeared in The New Yorker
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