A very obscure low-budget "oddity" that I picked because Sarah Kennedy's in it, her second and last film before she started doing only voice-over stuff.
The female director unfortunately didn't realize what a cute gem she had in Kennedy hence perhaps why there are so few close-ups of her, if we can call them that. Most scenes were shot from a distance, as if this mediocre writer-director actually thought she could ape Altman, Kubrick or whomever. This results in disappointingly few shots of Kennedy in which her face is clearly visible - which in turn reduces the entertainment factor of a film whose sole recommendation is that she (and Cassandra Peterson) are in it.
It's a lame, fairly pointless little film that probably made $30 dollars and 50 Cents for its confused "auteur".
The dialog is quite corny, outdated, occasionally verging on lower-tier B-movie fluff. Not much better than porn film dialog, either, but the semi-competent cast help "elevate" it a bit.
The "semi-competent" does not apply to Kennedy, however. Given the proper vehicle she could have been a "minor" movie star. She can definitely act, isn't "just" mega-cute.
I can't quite put my finger on what Rothman was going for, what style she was aiming for, what message or point she was trying to convey. Or was she merely happy to be making a movie - ANY movie? "They gave me some money, so I'd better hurry up and write something - anything!" That's how it appears to be.
The female director unfortunately didn't realize what a cute gem she had in Kennedy hence perhaps why there are so few close-ups of her, if we can call them that. Most scenes were shot from a distance, as if this mediocre writer-director actually thought she could ape Altman, Kubrick or whomever. This results in disappointingly few shots of Kennedy in which her face is clearly visible - which in turn reduces the entertainment factor of a film whose sole recommendation is that she (and Cassandra Peterson) are in it.
It's a lame, fairly pointless little film that probably made $30 dollars and 50 Cents for its confused "auteur".
The dialog is quite corny, outdated, occasionally verging on lower-tier B-movie fluff. Not much better than porn film dialog, either, but the semi-competent cast help "elevate" it a bit.
The "semi-competent" does not apply to Kennedy, however. Given the proper vehicle she could have been a "minor" movie star. She can definitely act, isn't "just" mega-cute.
I can't quite put my finger on what Rothman was going for, what style she was aiming for, what message or point she was trying to convey. Or was she merely happy to be making a movie - ANY movie? "They gave me some money, so I'd better hurry up and write something - anything!" That's how it appears to be.