Check out the trailer for this rad looking independent socio-romantic comedy. The movie is set in San Francisco and was directed by Barry Jenkins:
Shot on digital video. Stars a Daily Show correspondent. Holds SF's racial stratification in contempt. Wow, this movie's got all the right ingredients. Looks like Before Sunrise except less earnest and divorced from reality.
And as this NY Times feature on the film alludes to, Medicine for Melancholy fits nicely within a recent trickle of neorealist-ish and super localized American independent movies. See Ballast, Wendy and Lucy (& Old Joy), and Goodbye Solo (& Chop Shop).
Hey Liam, I saw this film a year ago when my roommate worked for this law firm where they were trying to get legal copyright stuff sorted out for distribution. I remember it having very little dialogue, but it made San Francisco feel promiscuous. Anyway, Hope your doing well.
ReplyDeleteJose G.
I guess it's not as talky as it seems in the trailer.
ReplyDeleteSan Francisco, promiscuous eh? That sounds cool, debaucherous seems closer to truth though.