We've seen Zoe Kazan in supporting roles in Revolutionary Road (I wrote about her lineage in that post), Me and Orson Welles, and It's Complicated (she was annoying in the latter). Now she stars in a quiet little indie about a college girl with an absent boyfriend, a best friend who is a boy, and epilepsy. Don't make the mistake I did and go sleep-deprived--I know I missed a few things, as the movie is slow moving and subtle. Kazan is expressive in a low key way and won Best Actress at the Tribeca Film Festival for this role. The best friend is played by Mark Rendell (My One and Only), and co-starring is the city of New York. The cinematography, by Eric Lin, is dense, with every scene having background action and noise. Bradley Rust Gray directed, wrote, produced, and edited (his wife, So Yong Kim, co-produced, and he has co-produced and edited movies that she has directed). Here's a bit about them from the New York Times, and an interview with Kazan. The moody music is by the Icelandic band Múm (here's a song similar to the one from the trailer). I and countless others on the world wide web have been searching for that song from the trailer. Someone figured out it is called Hvernig á að særa vini sína (How to hurt your friends) by Múm's old band Andhéri. Not available. Yet. The trailer has spoilers, in my humble opinion, but here's a link anyway.
We liked this, but recommend preparing yourself for a complete lack of explosions.
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