The read
It runs a compact 1h 13m.
Synopsis
On a late-summer Sunday in 2011, a female director gathers a team of filmmakers, writers, musicians, artists, critics, and friends in an apartment to recreate a scene from Michael Curtiz's Depression-era drama The Cabin in the Cotton. Over plates of pasta and glasses of red wine, a round robin of non-professional actors take turns performing the same scene, again and again, In different permutations. With a freedom Influenced by pre--Code Hollywood, cameras, phones, and laptops are scattered around & set at almost every possible angle, documenting the action both in front of and behind the camera as it unfolds, from rehearsals to equipment adjustments to the banter between takes. An intimate. playful, and spontaneous look Into the collaborative cinematic process emerges. a snapshot of the filmmaker's perennial struggle to capture fleeting moments before the day (and light) slip away.
Ratings
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Gina TelaroliDirector
Cast
- Gina TelaroliCast
- Daniel KasmanCast
- John BudgeCast
- Begonia ColomarCast
- Kendra MylnechukCast
- Michael LiebermanCast
- David PhelpsCast
- Eric Phillips-HorstCast
- Tyler PotterCast
- Alexis PowellCast
- Susie SimpsonCast