Forum of Independents - Competition 2007 / Smiley Face / USA 2006
Jane F, an unsuccessful slacker actress, is having a bad day. And it gets more outrageous and comically surreal when she treats herself to a batch of cupcakes that aren’t as innocent as they appear. Trying to cross town, she ends up setting out on a long, strange trip through time and space.
Jane F, an unsuccessful slacker actress, is having a bad day. And it’s getting more outrageous and comically surreal by the minute. Jane’s misadventures begin when she treats herself to a batch of cupcakes left unattended by her psycho roommate that prove not as innocent as they appear. Soon she is trying to cross town so she can repay an unforgiving drug dealer, attend an audition, and somehow replace the precious cupcakes. Bumming a ride from her roommate’s friend – who is totally infatuated with her – she sets out on a long, weird trip.
88 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Gregg Araki
/ Screenplay Dylan Haggerty
/ Dir. of Photography Shawn Kim
/ Music David Kitay
/ Editor Gregg Araki
/ Producer Henry Winterstern, Kevin Turen, Steve Golin, Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Gregg Araki
/ Production First Look Pictures, Anonymous Content, Desperate Pictures
/ Cast Anna Faris, John Krasinski, Adam Brody, Danny Masterson, Jane Lynch
/ Contact First Look Media
Gregg Araki (b. 1959, Los Angeles), one of the founders of New Queer Cinema, got his MFA in film production in 1982 from the University of Southern California’s Film School. He worked first as a film critic for LA Weekely before establishing his own production company Desperatre Pictures. He has directed nine feature films which have been screened at the world’s most prestigious film festivals. He also directed the music videos The Jag for The Micronauts and Trash for The London Suede, as well as This Is How the World Ends, a pilot for MTV. Films: Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987), The Long Weekend (1989), The Living End (1992), Totally F***ed Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995), Nowhere (1997), Splendor (1999), Mysterious Skin (2004), Smiley Face (2006).
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