The movie was watchable in its own right, a very slight sideways take on work wives. The HDV and lo-fi acting provide a complimentary clash.
I suppose the bubble deformity on the product line, is meant to connect to the bubble deformity on the product line worker. The notion of a neurological damage creating a sort of Jeckyl/Hyde was tacked on, but really the slow-study of characters was what the focus of the film for me.
What I liked about the DVD extras was 1) Soderbergh describing the steps he took to maximize the first takes for non-actors (the casting was pretty fantastic, kudos to the non-actors and the casting director and perhaps the writer too, she mentioned meeting the cast and incorporating some of their stories). 2) Even better than that, I found myself mulling over the depiction of the drab, soul-sucking job and those portraying it but talking about their own lives pizza parlor, soon-to-retire KFC manager, and hair stylist! They were a lot more vivacious than their mere roles, which I think does say something about small towns, small jobs, but bigger lives than Hollywood may want to portray. Granted the stylist did have some small-town claustrophobia, but she had the juggling of four kids and a job that are tough to pull off anywhere.
Anyways, maybe I'm overreaching, and if not all jobs, then 90% have their soul-sucking powers no doubt, but at least for me, when the non-actors were just being, they seemed pretty admirable....and I liked that this film and formed a friendship of sorts for all three. I hope that sticks through to today, 14 years later....and through whatever jobs they may have had.
Again the film is fine, and the format of the footage to me worked quite well, even though surely seen as a step down at the time. Some of the factory footage was weirdly wonderful.
I suppose the bubble deformity on the product line, is meant to connect to the bubble deformity on the product line worker. The notion of a neurological damage creating a sort of Jeckyl/Hyde was tacked on, but really the slow-study of characters was what the focus of the film for me.
What I liked about the DVD extras was 1) Soderbergh describing the steps he took to maximize the first takes for non-actors (the casting was pretty fantastic, kudos to the non-actors and the casting director and perhaps the writer too, she mentioned meeting the cast and incorporating some of their stories). 2) Even better than that, I found myself mulling over the depiction of the drab, soul-sucking job and those portraying it but talking about their own lives pizza parlor, soon-to-retire KFC manager, and hair stylist! They were a lot more vivacious than their mere roles, which I think does say something about small towns, small jobs, but bigger lives than Hollywood may want to portray. Granted the stylist did have some small-town claustrophobia, but she had the juggling of four kids and a job that are tough to pull off anywhere.
Anyways, maybe I'm overreaching, and if not all jobs, then 90% have their soul-sucking powers no doubt, but at least for me, when the non-actors were just being, they seemed pretty admirable....and I liked that this film and formed a friendship of sorts for all three. I hope that sticks through to today, 14 years later....and through whatever jobs they may have had.
Again the film is fine, and the format of the footage to me worked quite well, even though surely seen as a step down at the time. Some of the factory footage was weirdly wonderful.