Part of BAMcinemaFest
Sat, Jun 23 at 9:30pm
Q&A with Rick Alverson
NY PREMIERE
Director: Rick Alverson
Producer: Mike S. Ryan, Brent Kunkle, Larry Fessenden
Cinematographer: Mark Schwartzbard
Editor: Michael Taylor, Rick Alverson
With Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Kate Lyn Sheil, Alexia Rasumussen, Gregg Turkington, James Murphy
(2012) 96min
Alverson’s fearlessly provocative, acerbic, pitch-black portrait of a privileged Brooklynite—played by a razor-sharp Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!) in his first dramatic role—has drawn comparisons to La Dolce Vita and Lars von Trier’s The Idiots. A darkly affecting satire of our current anesthetized generation, The Comedy also stars Eric Wareheim (Tim and Eric), James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, and Kate Lyn Sheil (Green).
