7/25/12

DARK HORSE



TODD SOLONDZ'S new film DARK HORSE premiered at the american cinematheque last night.
scene one started off with a bang featuring a wedding party where  awkward adult/child abe,
 (jordan gelber) meets his obsession-  manic depressive miranda, (SELMA BLAIR). 


 i found this scene priceless and one of the funniest commentaries on modern day social dysfunction.
the film has some great characters embodied by film legends like 
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN & MIA FARROW. selma blair's portrayal  of comatose love interest- miranda is equally hysterical, as is donna murphy as the "concerned secretary"- marie.


although there were great one liners, and the darkest of humor that one expects to find in a 
todd solondz project, i found this film not living up to solondz's genius of the past. 
all~in~all the film flatlined and do i dare say it ....  was boring.... 
for me.


the Q&A with the director- todd solondz was equally "entertaining" and bizarre.  
the most absurd questions were asked of him and his answers were comic genius.

Q- "i didn't really understand your film. do you think your actors understood what they were doing?
A~ i never asked them. as long as they did what i wanted it was fine.


DARK HORSE

Directed byTodd Solondz
Produced byTed Hope
Derrick Tseng
Written byTodd Solondz
Starring



CinematographyAndrij Parekh
Editing byKevin Messman




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