June 2016 by Real Estate Magazine (REM)

34 REM JUNE 2016

A REM movie review: High-Rise

Announcement Welcome New Owner Nick Chintakis!

Struggles within elite tower expose base natures

It is our pleasure to announce RE/MAX INTEGRA’s newest owner, Nick Chintakis, owner of RE/MAX Cornwall Realty Inc.! A veteran entrepreneur, Nick has a history of real estate acquisitions and redevelopment in Cornwall. For many years, Nick has dealt with RE/MAX Cornwall Inc. as a client and knew the previous owners, Terry Landon and Jamie Cameron well. Terry & Jamie continue to be actively involved with RE/MAX, with Terry being the Cornwall ofﬁce’s Broker of Record. Nick was attracted to RE/MAX as the brand recognition in Canada is second to none. RE/MAX also has a great business model that attracts quality agents, who are experienced in the industry. RE/MAX Cornwall Realty Inc. operates in the Greater Cornwall Area, in the Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry counties.

By Dan St. Yves High-Rise from Magnolia Pictures Previewed September 2015 at Toronto International Film Festival Opened in Toronto and Vancouver May 20 3.5 out of 5 stars

Please join us in welcoming Nick, and wishing him great success! Grow with those who know.

Nick Chintakis Owner

Cornwall Realty Inc. 649 Second St. E. Cornwall, ON

If you are interested in ownership opportunities with RE/MAX, the largest most productive real estate brand, contact Christopher Alexander at 1-416-786-5552 to arrange your conﬁdential meeting, or visit remaxintegra.com.

Announcement Welcome to RE/MAX, Debbie! Please join us in welcoming our newest franchisee, Debbie Kolli! Debbie has converted her independent brokerage, formerly Aim North Realty Ltd., to a RE/MAX ofﬁce, serving Timmins, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls and Matheson. An active member in the real estate community, Debbie is formerly the President of the Timmins Real Estate Board, and has sat on many committees throughout her real estate career.

utting the disturbing in dystopian, Ben Wheatley’s new film High-Rise takes a sobering look at class structures, most specifically between the haves and the have-somewhatlesses. As the title suggests, the setting is a unique self-contained high-rise building, where a high society reclusive architect stays isolated even within a strictly regimented and segmented assortment of residents, sorted in ascendance by their social standing. If you wanted that spelled out, consider the architect’s name, Mr. Royal (Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons). Royal resides far above the surreal assortment of milieus bustling beneath his exotic penthouse. Arriving at the residence with unforeseen bad timing is Dr. Robert Laing (Tom Hiddleston), who is just making his plunge into

high society with this move. While that life quickly proves to be filled with perks, it is even faster to reveal the downside of separated classes once the building starts to fail and those classes decide they want more for themselves. The entire proceedings have a feel of cutting-edge movies from the late 1960s and the early 1970s, which is apropos, given that the film is based on the 1975 novel of the same name from J.G. Ballard. His work has leapt from page to screen before (Crash, with David Cronenberg, and Empire of the Sun with Steven Spielberg). This film is a little spooky as despite the age of the subject material, it catches some of the anxiety going on in the polarized U.S. right now – especially some of the violence that has erupted during the political rallies. It also has a feel of Kubrick or Tarantino in the surrealism, violence and bawdiness. High-Rise really reminded me of movies I saw growing up on late night TV, which would never see the light of day on pasteurized network television now. Interesting how progressive Canadian TV really was 30 or 40 years ago. What makes this movie watchable are the talented cast members playing often intense and complex characters.

Debbie is an experienced broker, with nearly 30 years in the industry. By joining RE/MAX, she is now positioned for signiﬁcant growth, and excited to offer the vast array of RE/MAX tools and services to her existing associates and those who join the company. We are thrilled to welcome Debbie and her sales team to the RE/MAX family. Congratulations on this decision, and we can’t wait to watch you grow!

Debbie Kolli Broker/Owner

Aim North Realty 151 Second Ave. Timmins, ON

Elizabeth Moss and Tom Hiddleston in High-Rise. (Photo: Magnolia Pictures)

As Laing, Hiddleston (2015’s Hank Williams biopic I Saw The Light, Loki in Marvel’s Thor movies) is a rudder steering through the fray as emotionlessly as he is able, but he is unable to avoid circumstances as they begin to unravel. Hiddleston onscreen has an air and charisma about him that might lend itself to his stepping into Daniel Craig’s shoes, if James Bond remains as he has on film for the past few decades. Mad Men’s Elizabeth Moss is haunting as a pregnant wife left entirely out of her husband’s obsessions (Luke Evans as Wilder, a boisterous filmmaker who has seen better days). Haunting could also apply to the final few scenes for Sienna Miller as she portrays the aloof seductress who is unable to fend off Wilder’s craven interest in her. As the world within the high-rise collapses, the film is far more apocalyptic Mad Max than it is the swagger and martini parties of the privileged in Mad Men. In a Director’s Statement provided in the press kit, Ben Wheatley writes, “I have endeavoured to marry the emotional intensity of Down Terrace and Kill List, the comedy of Sightseers and the formal exercises of A Field in England. I hope you find it boldly funny and invigoratingly shocking.” Therein lies the subjectivity of humour, most especially satire. I didn’t find much boldly funny, or even mildly funny. But High-Rise certainly keeps your attention, as it speaks to one possible outcome if the one per cent ever finds the worms turning below them and rising to claim what they feel they are owed. Humour columnist and author Dan St. Yves was licensed with Royal LePage Kelowna for 11 years. Check out his website at www.nonsenseandstuff.com, or contact him at danst.yves@hotmail.com. REM