Stumbled on this film on Indieplex and was amazed at the reaction of people to the film, saying that it is the "Worst Movie Ever". Not by a long shot.
The film works at some curious levels. It is a send-up of movies that have a plot that comes together at the end. If you are looking for resolution, go see a formula movie. There are five independent stories with a common setting, New York. The stories, like our lives, may only have just that much in common. The stories all are threaded and we are left to believe that the stories have this common "unrevealed" meaning. The teasers to 9/11 (the sirens in the city, the plane flying over in all the stories, several of the characters getting into an elevator together, etc.) are just to make you think that the story is really about 9/11. It is about living our lives.
For me, the best line was the Councilman at the civic meeting where he is running for office and he says "The Mayor and Governor want you to be scared. But I, for one, will not be scared".... to very polite applause and uncontrolled laughter by Dick Lavilla's character. I think I understand what Jerry was laughing at.
The film works at some curious levels. It is a send-up of movies that have a plot that comes together at the end. If you are looking for resolution, go see a formula movie. There are five independent stories with a common setting, New York. The stories, like our lives, may only have just that much in common. The stories all are threaded and we are left to believe that the stories have this common "unrevealed" meaning. The teasers to 9/11 (the sirens in the city, the plane flying over in all the stories, several of the characters getting into an elevator together, etc.) are just to make you think that the story is really about 9/11. It is about living our lives.
For me, the best line was the Councilman at the civic meeting where he is running for office and he says "The Mayor and Governor want you to be scared. But I, for one, will not be scared".... to very polite applause and uncontrolled laughter by Dick Lavilla's character. I think I understand what Jerry was laughing at.