Sundance + Buscemi = BFF

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Just a quickie, but much to my shock, Delirious is a major-league indie crowd pleaser and could end up being one of the biggest sales of the festival. It isn’t Little Miss Sunshine or Napoleon Dynamite by a $30 million shot. But it has the makings of a cult classic, including a perfect performance by Steve Buscemi, the best use of Michael Pitt aside from Van Sant, and enough extra flavor, whether the hot Gina Gershon as a horny manager and Alison Lohman as a kinder gentler BrittanyParisLindsay. Lots of eye candy. Lots of showbiz satire that is pretty close to documentary. And a fairly relaxed piece altogether. [Source]

As expected, a raving review of Delirious was patiently waiting for me in my inbox this morning. Apparently, the film is a hit. Time to collectively cross our fingers and hope for studio backing. I’ll be off to Blockbuster this evening to see if I can’t dig up more from this DiCillio fellow.

In the hands of a lesser filmmaker, Delirious could have been a basic and very obvious farce: the photographer would be an irredeemable sleazeball, the pop star would be an absolute bitch and the industry of, ahem, “freelance photography” would be undoubtedly dismissed as obnoxious and evil … but DiCillo is a much better screenwriter than most. His characters are flawed but sympathetic, even when they’re behaving like selfish jerks. The director draws some really excellent performances from his three leads (Gina Gershon pops up with a great little supporting turn, as does Kevin Corrigan) and seems to enjoy squashing the viewers’ early predictions. Just when you’re sure you know how Delirious is going to close, DiCillo comes up with a capper that’s as satisfying as it is understated.

Unfortunately, there is a noticable lack of Interview related stories. According to PeakTalk, the first review was not all that enthusiastic. I can’t find the damn thing to save my life, so we’ll have to take his word for it. I expected a little more attention, considering the controversy of it’s first director, Theo van Gogh. I’ll keep an eye out. Until then, here’s a video clip of Buscemi explaining how he made a remake unique. Enjoy.

 

 

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