I was puzzled after reading Mark Olsen's 11.8 "Indie Focus" column this morning. The focus was Sebastian Guitterrez's Women in Trouble, an apparently sexy, allegedly Pedro Almodovar-esque indie anthology that will open in New York and Los Angeles on 11.13. It costars Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Marley Shelton, Simon Baker, Elizabeth Berkley and Josh Brolin.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 8, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Well I'm sorry, but if they've never heard of it they're out of the loop. Great cast so I have hopes but Guitterrez is such a shit director. Bonus points for the Almodovar by way of John Waters title though.
I've heard a little, albeit not very far in advance, about Women in Trouble NYC screenings. I think I'm seeing it on Tuesday, in fact, and looking forward to it.
The 11/13 NYC opener that seems really hidden to me is Uncertainty, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, written and directed by the guys who made the quite-good The Deep End back in 2001, and released by IFC Films. It looks like sort of a Sliding Doors/Run Lola Run focusing on a couple instead of a lead female. Jeff, I know you're not a huge JGL fan, but I think he's one of the best of his generation, so I was pretty damn surprised to not have even heard of this movie until a friend of mine mentioned the trailer being on the Apple site (and it is). It hits IFC Center (and only IFC Center) on Friday and I've never seen the trailer in theaters (not even when I was at the IFC Center last month), never seen a poster, never heard about screenings.
Actually, I think JGL is in Women in Trouble, too, though in what sounds like a smaller role.
saw it a few days ago in prep for tomorrow's press day interviews w/gugino and guitierrez...it was fine, nothing to get excited about...i hardly think it's being 'hidden'......
jesse: I'm ok w/ JGL, but I wouldn't call him the "best" of his generation, just because he takes on more mature parts than other former child actors. He needs to emote like a world-weary chap, and I just don't see it right now. At the moment, he just comes off like an emo version of those Culkin kids. But I see potential down the road, if he doesn't just keep playing himself.
Judas Kiss, a 1998 Gutierrez-Gugino-Baker collaboration, received similar treatment: released only in Seattle, then on to video and cable. It's a fascinatingly bad film because of the odd cast, which includes Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman as FBI agents. The scene in which Gugino uses her sex appeal to manipulate a New Orleans crime boss played by Philip Baker Hall is some of the best work either has done. By the way, that Carla can manipulate me anytime. Hal Holbrook's in it, too.
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BurmaShave
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Well I'm sorry, but if they've never heard of it they're out of the loop. Great cast so I have hopes but Guitterrez is such a shit director. Bonus points for the Almodovar by way of John Waters title though.
Posted by BurmaShave
at November 8, 2009 1:49 PM
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jesse
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I've heard a little, albeit not very far in advance, about Women in Trouble NYC screenings. I think I'm seeing it on Tuesday, in fact, and looking forward to it.
The 11/13 NYC opener that seems really hidden to me is Uncertainty, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, written and directed by the guys who made the quite-good The Deep End back in 2001, and released by IFC Films. It looks like sort of a Sliding Doors/Run Lola Run focusing on a couple instead of a lead female. Jeff, I know you're not a huge JGL fan, but I think he's one of the best of his generation, so I was pretty damn surprised to not have even heard of this movie until a friend of mine mentioned the trailer being on the Apple site (and it is). It hits IFC Center (and only IFC Center) on Friday and I've never seen the trailer in theaters (not even when I was at the IFC Center last month), never seen a poster, never heard about screenings.
Actually, I think JGL is in Women in Trouble, too, though in what sounds like a smaller role.
Posted by jesse
at November 8, 2009 1:51 PM
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Jeffrey Wells
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Seeing it on Tuesday where? Write me privately.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells
at November 8, 2009 1:58 PM
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btwnproductions
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It was NY-screened once in July and a couple of times in August. That's all I heard.
Posted by btwnproductions
at November 8, 2009 2:00 PM
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jesse
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Jeff, the email address I had for you bounced. Are you gruver1@ somewhere else now, or should I just use the contact form on the site?
Posted by jesse
at November 8, 2009 2:20 PM
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AitchCS
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I liked Carla in those Spy Kids movie. Then she had her own TV series for a few weeks.
Posted by AitchCS
at November 8, 2009 4:30 PM
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scooterzz
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saw it a few days ago in prep for tomorrow's press day interviews w/gugino and guitierrez...it was fine, nothing to get excited about...i hardly think it's being 'hidden'......
Posted by scooterzz
at November 8, 2009 4:56 PM
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DeeZee
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jesse: I'm ok w/ JGL, but I wouldn't call him the "best" of his generation, just because he takes on more mature parts than other former child actors. He needs to emote like a world-weary chap, and I just don't see it right now. At the moment, he just comes off like an emo version of those Culkin kids. But I see potential down the road, if he doesn't just keep playing himself.
Posted by DeeZee
at November 8, 2009 6:08 PM
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The spam machine has an opinion on JGL. Unfortunately, no one cares.
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at November 8, 2009 9:33 PM
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Gordon27
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I don't love JGL, but isn't he the best of his generation by default? Who's his competition? Jesse Eisenberg?
Posted by Gordon27
at November 8, 2009 11:13 PM
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Floyd Thursby
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Judas Kiss, a 1998 Gutierrez-Gugino-Baker collaboration, received similar treatment: released only in Seattle, then on to video and cable. It's a fascinatingly bad film because of the odd cast, which includes Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman as FBI agents. The scene in which Gugino uses her sex appeal to manipulate a New Orleans crime boss played by Philip Baker Hall is some of the best work either has done. By the way, that Carla can manipulate me anytime. Hal Holbrook's in it, too.
Posted by Floyd Thursby
at November 9, 2009 4:44 AM
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