Hello Daniel Clowes, hello Optic Nerve indie-comic crowd? Ok, so no, this film isn’t animated in the least, but it’s just further aesthetic taste proof that the upcoming fall film “The Savages” is going to rule (we’ve been excited for awhile now, see our fall preview).
Here’s 5 good reasons other than this excellent poster.
1. It’s the first film in nine years from Tamara Jenkins, the director of the very under-appreciated “The Slums of Beverly Hills.”
2. It stars Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the leads playing brother and sister taking care of their ailing dad. These two playing off each other looks like dramedy gold.
3. Randall Poster, the music supervisor of all Wes Anderson’s films and Todd Haynes’ “I’m Not There” and “Velvet Goldmine” is handling the music here (his “IMT” partner Jim Dubar is the music coordinator).
4. See above, the trailer feature Pinback’s Rob Crowe and Spoon. Also, Stephen Trask is composing the score. He’s done some nice scores for “Camp,” “In Good Company,” and “American Dreamz.” His work on “The Station Agent,” was particularly excellent (an severely underrated aughts film if there ever was one).
5. Umm, it’s got a really cool and unique-looking poster. The trailer is funny as shit (and looks like it mixes the bittersweet melancholy in there too).
The film opens in limited release November 28 and then goes wide shortly after that.