Monday, June 21, 2010
Film Down Under, Up Above
Posted by J.R. Jones on 06.21.10 at 10:00 AM
- My Year Without Sex
Foreign filmmakers have a tough time cracking the U.S. movie market. So when Australian animator Sarah Watt won an American release for her charming live-action feature Look Both Ways in April 2006, and the movie went on to gross a meager $105,067, you just knew her next movie, My Year Without Sex, wouldn't land in a U.S. theater unless it had Russell Crowe throwing a phone at Nicole Kidman.
This Wednesday at 6:30 PM, Cinema/Chicago will present the Chicago premiere of My Year Without Sex, free of charge, as part of its summer series of international films screening by DVD projection at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington. It's a warm and quite funny film that, like its predecessor, quietly considers the precariousness of life: the heroine, a wife and mother of two young kids, suffers an aneurysm, and Watts follows her through the next year as she and her family try to adjust. I'll be on hand to lead a discussion after the screening. Click here for details, and check out the trailer after the jump.
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I love the humor and innocence of this movie. Movies (and people) that take themselves too seriously are a bore and should be ignored. No matter the genre of a film, a little humor is always welcome as far as I'm concerned. We are in the midst of producing our first feature with Andy Feld, and even though it is a 'spiritual/new age film', there is plenty of humor in it. For my partner and me at Avenstar Productions, we are looking at more than just making money - we want visibility and want as people to see this movie as possible. It is important for us to show people that developing you spirituality and raising your consciousness is more than contemplating your belly button. If anyone wants to see a trailer of our film, Shamshara... check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4XL73F7GZI
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