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Some Body
- Directed by: Henry Barrial
- Starring: Stephanie Bennett, Jeramy Guillory, Billy Ray Gallion, Tom Vitorino, Laura Katz, Sean Michael Allen, Marnie Shelton, Matt Cassado, Richie Magallanes
- Genre: Dramas
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- Theater Release: 04/26/2002
- Run Time: 1hr 20min
Synopsis
Los Angeles twentysomethings Samantha (Stephanie Bennett) and Anthony (Jeremy Guillory) have been together for seven years, and she has grown bored. Following an evening where he finds her at a party on the verge of a tryst with another woman and a man, Samantha decides to move out on her own in order to sexually find herself. She seduces a neighbor upon moving into her new place, but this is just the beginning of a string of casual encounters. As Samantha attempts to juggle her job as an elementary school teacher with her nocturnal activities, she finds that casual sex is both the reason that she left her relationship as well as a means of coping with breaking up with a trusted friend.
Obviously influenced by the Dogme 95 movement (though not adhering to all of its tenets), Henry Berrial's SOME BODY uses digital video to its advantage, creating a sense of intimacy with very personal material. Shot very convincingly in documentary style--complete with talking head interviews--the story is reportedly based on events in the life of actor and co-screenwriter Bennett, which her raw, natural performance would seem to reinforce. The film was the first feature to be shown digitally at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001.
Los Angeles twentysomethings Samantha (Stephanie Bennett) and Anthony (Jeremy Guillory) have been together for seven years, and she has grown bored. Following an evening where he finds her at a party on the verge of a tryst with another woman and a man, Samantha decides to move out on her own in order to sexually find herself. She seduces a neighbor upon moving into her new place, but this is just the beginning of a string of casual encounters. As Samantha attempts to juggle her job as an elementary school teacher with her nocturnal activities, she finds that casual sex is both the reason that she left her relationship as well as a means of coping with breaking up with a trusted friend.
Obviously influenced by the Dogme 95 movement (though not adhering to all of its tenets), Henry Berrial's SOME BODY uses digital video to its advantage, creating a sense of intimacy with very personal material. Shot very convincingly in documentary style--complete with talking head interviews--the story is reportedly based on events in the life of actor and co-screenwriter Bennett, which her raw, natural performance would seem to reinforce. The film was the first feature to be shown digitally at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001.
Reviews
"...Revelatory....[With] honest insight into relationships..." (Box Office)
"...A terrifically sharp eyed and innovative drama....SOME BODY will take you places you haven't been, and also places you have..." (Entertainment Weekly)
"...A movie that is so dead-on in its evocation of the games people play that it's hard to tell where real life steps back and art steps in..." (Los Angeles Times)
"...Revelatory....[With] honest insight into relationships..." (Box Office)
"...A terrifically sharp eyed and innovative drama....SOME BODY will take you places you haven't been, and also places you have..." (Entertainment Weekly)
"...A movie that is so dead-on in its evocation of the games people play that it's hard to tell where real life steps back and art steps in..." (Los Angeles Times)
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