SMITHEREENS (w/ guest Susan Berman, Actress)
Year: 1982
Country:
United States
Run Time:
88 minutes
SMITHEREENS has the distinction of being the first American independent film to be accepted into the prestigious main competition at Cannes. The film's design is influenced by cartoons, pop art and "the colorful trashiness of New York's urban landscape," fulfilling Susan Seidelman's desire to "make a film that captured the crazy energy of lower Manhattan. . .the rock clubs, the sleazy bars, the tenement lofts." Into this rough milieu swaggers Wren (Susan Berman), a tough young seeker of the excitement hyped by the mass media aimed at her rock n' roll generation. Wren advertises her no-talent self by tacking up her Xeroxed photos all over the subway and the scruffy East Village. Her posters ask "Who Is This?" but nobody cares except Paul, a nice guy from Montana. Wren chases Eric, a shiftless rocker more involved with groupies than music. Ultimately, she finds herself alone, more likely on her way to becoming a prostitute or bag lady than a rock star. Seidelman tells it like it is in an almost "cinema verite" style.
Susan Berman will be in attendance.
Screenplay
Ron Nyswaner and Peter Askin (from a story by Susan Seidelman)
Producer
Susan Seidelman
Cinematography
Chirine El Khadem
Editing
Susan Seidelman
Principal Cast
Susan Berman, Brad Rinn, Richard Hell
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