It wasn't until today, when
Film Ick flagged up the film's
trailer, that I discovered that
Duck was being released next week.
From
Duck's trailer, it is very apparent that writer-director
Nicole Bettauer has a singular vision of the direction in which America is heading. Indeed who else would conceive a futuristic film about Los Angeles revolving around
Philip Baker Hall and his pet duck?! The movie premiered at Cinequest back in 2005, where it won the audience award, played at festivals around the world, but seemingly failed to find a distributor willing to put their weight behind such an unusual film.
Bettauer apparently therefore decided to release
Duck herself (through Right Brained Releasing) - and has employed an idiosyncratic approach in putting together the film's press notes. In them, there is an extensive Q&A with
"Duck #30", the film's eponymous star, while Bettauer also announces that her next project will be
Canary, "a raucous and harrowing tale of an anti-hero cop solving a social ill at his own expense." I, for one, look forward to that, and indeed any further bird-themed films Bettauer might have in mind.
Duck is released in cinemas in the New York and Los Angeles areas on May 11, and if you haven't already checked out
the trailer, it's well worth a look.
# posted by Nick Dawson @ 5/06/2007 12:08:00 PM
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Independent Feature DUCK starring the inimitable Philip Baker Hall (opposite the Aflac actor making his indie film debut) opens Friday August 24th for an exclusive one-week engagement in Washington D.C., Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia via Landmark and AMC Theaters
Landmark E Street Cinema 8 - Washington, DC.
AMC Pipers Alley - Chicago, IL.
Landmark Embassy Cinema - Waltham, MA.
Ritz 5 Movies - Philadelphia, PA.
Watch the trailer. http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/duck/
Think Outside The Flock. www.duckthemovie.com
About the movie:
DUCK stars Philip Baker Hall as a retired widower in a dystopian America where social services have gone the way of social graces, and another Bush occupies the White House. Forced from his home with only a duck to accompany him, Hall’s character searches for the means to live, and some meaning in life, in Los Angeles 2009. In a duck who believes him to be its mother, an old man discovers the will to live on...
Provocative, insightful, subversive, sublime, here is a character piece about two unlikely heroes who find purpose, redemption, and grace – proving, in rather surreal and ingenious fashion, that there’s nothing common about decency, nor the survival of the humane.
Join us on our opening weekend (tis key, like minds...)
Appreciated you are, for your thoughts, actions, and the art/work you do --
(Thanks, Nick)
Nic Bettauer, writer-director-producer DUCK
www.nicspics.net
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