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Rating: 7 stars

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All movies seen on 09/28/2019

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The Color Wheel (2011)

Directed by Alex Ross Perry

Comedy | Drama | Road Movie

Overview

JR, an aspiring news-anchor, forces her younger brother Colin to embark on a road trip to move her belongings out of her professor-turned-lover’s place. Traveling through New England, they uncomfortably run into old school-mates or revisit familial history from which they have long since diverged.

Length 83 minutes

Actors

Carlen Altman | Alex Ross Perry | Bob Byington | Kate Lyn Sheil | Anna Bak-Kvapil | Ry Russo-Young | Craig Butta | C. Mason Wells | Keith Poulson | Anna Margaret Hollyman | Drew Brooke | Roy Thomas | Alexa Casciari | Benjamin Moses Smith | Leigh Poulos | Brandon Prince | Sarah Virden | Tom Brown | Sandy Gartner | Kate Hollowell | Bonnie Pritchard | Ethan Smith | Jody E. Smith

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

Watched this again since it was expiring on MUBI at midnight and I was really taken by this silly film. Also had discovered that not only did Alex Ross Perry direct the film but he co-stars with Carlen Altman, who co-wrote the screenplay w/Perry. I really like the natural and awkward dialogue. Good mumblecore w/some nice long takes of dialogue delivery. Funny that Joe Swanberg is thanked at the end.

Crazy that Perry went on to make QUEEN OF EARTH. I really like Carlen Altman. She portrays a great “attractive weird girl” in this. Surprised she’s not a bigger star now but will track down the short films she’s done. Curious what her relationship was w/Perry at the time. Seems like they were a couple when they made this based on their chemistry.

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