list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Last Romantic on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Last_Romantic/278814/default.aspx Title: The Last Romantic
Director: Aaron Nee, The Brothers Nee
Plot: Fancying himself a poet ripe for discovery, self-absorbed Calvin Wizzig (Adam Nee) moves to New York City confident he’ll be published and quickly make his mark on the world as one of the great literary geniuses of the twenty-first century. This is lofty dreaming, considering that his entire body of work consists of two short poems buried in the scribbled pages of a small note pad. But why let reality get in the way when the fantasy is so rich? But, like a self-infatuated modern-day Candide, Calvin is finding that the world would rather smack him upside the head than give into his dreams. Running parallel to Calvin’s ever increasing disillusionment of becoming a poet legend is the bloated fantasy that he develops for a woman he meets oh-so-briefly on the subway. Obsession with finding “the girl on the train” becomes both his raison d’etre and a distraction from a real world that isn’t as accommodating as his fantasies. It also threatens to undermine any chances he might have to really make some of his dreams come true. Calvin has a nasty habit of constantly bypassing real opportunities for imaginary ones. Some of the characters who contribute to the demise of Calvin Wizzig on his dizzy journey include: Alexander Scarvey (James Urbianak), a real, actual accomplished poet; Scarvey's manipulative femme fatal girlfriend Mudi (model Jane Bradbury); and the eccentric, aspiring actress Christy Tipilton (model Shalom Harlow), who has spent the past five years impersonating a cat, because she plays one in a play. No, not that play. The Last Romantic is a gorgeously shot (by brother Aaron) production, possibly pushing DV to some new heights. It’s also a compelling story, demonstrating how self-delusion can lead to self-realization.

Interview with Aaron and Adam Nee about The Last Romantic

Aaron sits down with Aaron and Adam Nee to discuss their film The Last Romantic
(11/12/2006 Starz Denver Film Festival)


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]]>Thu, 22 May 2008 15:01:36 GMTThe Last RomanticAaron Nee, The Brothers NeeFancying himself a poet ripe for discovery, self-absorbed Calvin Wizzig (Adam Nee) moves to New York City confident he’ll be published and quickly make his mark on the world as one of the great literary geniuses of the twenty-first century. This is lofty dreaming, considering that his entire body of work consists of two short poems buried in the scribbled pages of a small note pad. But why let reality get in the way when the fantasy is so rich? But, like a self-infatuated modern-day Candide, Calvin is finding that the world would rather smack him upside the head than give into his dreams. Running parallel to Calvin’s ever increasing disillusionment of becoming a poet legend is the bloated fantasy that he develops for a woman he meets oh-so-briefly on the subway. Obsession with finding “the girl on the train” becomes both his raison d’etre and a distraction from a real world that isn’t as accommodating as his fantasies. It also threatens to undermine any chances he might have to really make some of his dreams come true. Calvin has a nasty habit of constantly bypassing real opportunities for imaginary ones. Some of the characters who contribute to the demise of Calvin Wizzig on his dizzy journey include: Alexander Scarvey (James Urbianak), a real, actual accomplished poet; Scarvey's manipulative femme fatal girlfriend Mudi (model Jane Bradbury); and the eccentric, aspiring actress Christy Tipilton (model Shalom Harlow), who has spent the past five years impersonating a cat, because she plays one in a play. No, not that play. The Last Romantic is a gorgeously shot (by brother Aaron) production, possibly pushing DV to some new heights. It’s also a compelling story, demonstrating how self-delusion can lead to self-realization. <br><br><b>Interview with Aaron and Adam Nee about <i>The Last Romantic</i></b><br><br>Aaron sits down with Aaron and Adam Nee to discuss their film The Last Romantic<br>(11/12/2006 Starz Denver Film Festival)<br><br><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_black.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_black" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audio_id=2527503&audio_duration=755.343&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/3/4/4/nee_lastromantic.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></embed><br /><a style="font-size: 9px; padding-left: 35px; color: #f39; letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none" href="http://odeo.com/audio/2527503/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a>15Tag Target (>10)334http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s278814.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Last_Romantic/278814/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/5/22/29739.aspx Post By: Karina
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Body: At this point in the festival, it’s hard for me to make room in my schedule for films screening purely in the market when there’s competition stuff to see at the same time (although I did see Olivier Assayas’ Summer Hours today, and that was totally worth it––more later). And so on Thursday morning, I’ll be watching Philippe Garrel’s Frontier of Dawn during the sole screening of Able Danger, a neo-noir “spoof” of 9/11 conspiracy theorists. We turn, once again, to the official Marche du Film guide for a synopsis: Even in Brooklyn, they don’t know exactly what happened on 9/11. But that the truth is not what we were told is obvious in this spoof. Satirical conspiracy thriller disguised as a film noir, full of attractive fast-talking babes, spectacled activists and fetishistic neo-Nazis. Thomas Flynn runs a left wing (’radical’) café/bookstore and is the writer of a conspiracy exposé about 9/11. He suddenly finds himself the focus of attention of a beautiful Eastern European femme fatale (played by the unique Elina Lowensöhn), who is fleeing the architects of a worldwide cover-up of 9/11. Thomas does everything he can to find out what really happened and soon has to cycle like a maniac when the first dead bodies start raining down around him. The film stars Adam Nee, who co-wrote, co-directed and starred in The Last Romantic, which premiered at SXSW in 2006. Able Danger premiered earlier this year at Rotterdam, where Twitch published a not entirely coherent guest review declaring it “the best left wing inspired movie” at the festival. Variety was, um, somewhat less kind, with the words “sophomoric” and “dud” making it into the first sentence of Jay Weissberg’s review. Of course, there’s a trailer, complete with ominous Lou Dobbs soundbites and a hipster getting tazed in the back of a taxi. It doesn’t feel very “spoofy”––it fact, it feels like it takes itself really, really seriously. But maybe I’m just not used to seeing 9/11 cover-up fictions rendered in anything artsier than standard YouTube language. If you’re in New York and curious, you can see for yourself––Able Danger is opening the Brooklyn International Film Festival next Friday. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Thu, 22 May 2008 15:01:36 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog5/22/2008 11:01:36 AM At this point in the festival, it’s hard for me to make room in my schedule for films screening purely in the market when there’s competition stuff to see at the same time (although I did see Olivier Assayas’ Summer Hours today, and that was totally worth it––more later). And so on Thursday morning, I’ll be watching Philippe Garrel’s Frontier of Dawn during the sole screening of Able Danger, a neo-noir “spoof” of 9/11 conspiracy theorists. We turn, once again, to the official Marche du Film guide for a synopsis: Even in Brooklyn, they don’t know exactly what happened on 9/11. But that the truth is not what we were told is obvious in this spoof. Satirical conspiracy thriller disguised as a film noir, full of attractive fast-talking babes, spectacled activists and fetishistic neo-Nazis. Thomas Flynn runs a left wing (’radical’) café/bookstore and is the writer of a conspiracy exposé about 9/11. He suddenly finds himself the focus of attention of a beautiful Eastern European femme fatale (played by the unique Elina Lowensöhn), who is fleeing the architects of a worldwide cover-up of 9/11. Thomas does everything he can to find out what really happened and soon has to cycle like a maniac when the first dead bodies start raining down around him. The film stars Adam Nee, who co-wrote, co-directed and starred in The Last Romantic, which premiered at SXSW in 2006. Able Danger premiered earlier this year at Rotterdam, where Twitch published a not entirely coherent guest review declaring it “the best left wing inspired movie” at the festival. Variety was, um, somewhat less kind, with the words “sophomoric” and “dud” making it into the first sentence of Jay Weissberg’s review. Of course, there’s a trailer, complete with ominous Lou Dobbs soundbites and a hipster getting tazed in the back of a taxi. It doesn’t feel very “spoofy”––it fact, it feels like it takes itself really, really seriously. But maybe I’m just not used to seeing 9/11 cover-up fictions rendered in anything artsier than standard YouTube language. If you’re in New York and curious, you can see for yourself––Able Danger is opening the Brooklyn International Film Festival next Friday. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/5/22/29737.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 5/22/2008 11:01:24 AM
Body: At this point in the festival, it’s hard for me to make room in my schedule for films screening purely in the market when there’s competition stuff to see at the same time (although I did see Olivier Assayas’ Summer Hours today, and that was totally worth it––more later). And so on Thursday morning, I’ll be watching Philippe Garrel’s Frontier of Dawn during the sole screening of Able Danger, a neo-noir “spoof” of 9/11 conspiracy theorists. We turn, once again, to the official Marche du Film guide for a synopsis: Even in Brooklyn, they don’t know exactly what happened on 9/11. But that the truth is not what we were told is obvious in this spoof. Satirical conspiracy thriller disguised as a film noir, full of attractive fast-talking babes, spectacled activists and fetishistic neo-Nazis. Thomas Flynn runs a left wing (’radical’) café/bookstore and is the writer of a conspiracy exposé about 9/11. He suddenly finds himself the focus of attention of a beautiful Eastern European femme fatale (played by the unique Elina Lowensöhn), who is fleeing the architects of a worldwide cover-up of 9/11. Thomas does everything he can to find out what really happened and soon has to cycle like a maniac when the first dead bodies start raining down around him. The film stars Adam Nee, who co-wrote, co-directed and starred in The Last Romantic, which premiered at SXSW in 2006. Able Danger premiered earlier this year at Rotterdam, where Twitch published a not entirely coherent guest review declaring it “the best left wing inspired movie” at the festival. Variety was, um, somewhat less kind, with the words “sophomoric” and “dud” making it into the first sentence of Jay Weissberg’s review. Of course, there’s a trailer, complete with ominous Lou Dobbs soundbites and a hipster getting tazed in the back of a taxi. It doesn’t feel very “spoofy”––it fact, it feels like it takes itself really, really seriously. But maybe I’m just not used to seeing 9/11 cover-up fictions rendered in anything artsier than standard YouTube language. If you’re in New York and curious, you can see for yourself––Able Danger is opening the Brooklyn International Film Festival next Friday. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 22 May 2008 15:01:24 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com5/22/2008 11:01:24 AM At this point in the festival, it’s hard for me to make room in my schedule for films screening purely in the market when there’s competition stuff to see at the same time (although I did see Olivier Assayas’ Summer Hours today, and that was totally worth it––more later). And so on Thursday morning, I’ll be watching Philippe Garrel’s Frontier of Dawn during the sole screening of Able Danger, a neo-noir “spoof” of 9/11 conspiracy theorists. We turn, once again, to the official Marche du Film guide for a synopsis: Even in Brooklyn, they don’t know exactly what happened on 9/11. But that the truth is not what we were told is obvious in this spoof. Satirical conspiracy thriller disguised as a film noir, full of attractive fast-talking babes, spectacled activists and fetishistic neo-Nazis. Thomas Flynn runs a left wing (’radical’) café/bookstore and is the writer of a conspiracy exposé about 9/11. He suddenly finds himself the focus of attention of a beautiful Eastern European femme fatale (played by the unique Elina Lowensöhn), who is fleeing the architects of a worldwide cover-up of 9/11. Thomas does everything he can to find out what really happened and soon has to cycle like a maniac when the first dead bodies start raining down around him. The film stars Adam Nee, who co-wrote, co-directed and starred in The Last Romantic, which premiered at SXSW in 2006. Able Danger premiered earlier this year at Rotterdam, where Twitch published a not entirely coherent guest review declaring it “the best left wing inspired movie” at the festival. Variety was, um, somewhat less kind, with the words “sophomoric” and “dud” making it into the first sentence of Jay Weissberg’s review. Of course, there’s a trailer, complete with ominous Lou Dobbs soundbites and a hipster getting tazed in the back of a taxi. It doesn’t feel very “spoofy”––it fact, it feels like it takes itself really, really seriously. But maybe I’m just not used to seeing 9/11 cover-up fictions rendered in anything artsier than standard YouTube language. If you’re in New York and curious, you can see for yourself––Able Danger is opening the Brooklyn International Film Festival next Friday. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/midgebop/archive/2006/11/18/3729.aspx Post By: midgebop
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Post Date: 11/18/2006 11:17:00 AM
Body: The Nee brothers film, The Last Romantic, is a narrative journey through the eyes of its lead character, Calvin Wizzig (played by Adam Nee, half of the screenwriting/production team), an undiscovered poet waiting for the world to discover his talent. The film brilliantly follows the random adventures of Calvin as he journeys through NYC, attempting to find a publisher for his poems.I am a poet/I'm chivalry/I'm chastity/I mate for life/Do I mate for life/I'm fresh ideas echoes as we meet Calvin. He carries a little notebook, the home of his poems, which turn out to be simply two poems no more than a few lines, tucked between pages of doodles and letters back home to his sister Elizabeth. Calvin Wizzig is the last romantic, viewing life through a sometimes black & white grainy fantasy, complete with wafting accordion sounds and sultry women. Although Calvin claims his journey is to publish poems, he is really traveling to find love, searching for a home.Every bit of the film is perfectly shot, from a wedding scene (Calvin fills in as a groom for a woman left by her groom) tinted in sepia, to the black and white shots every time Calvin meets up with a particular woman. This same deliberate vision of the screenwriters is apparent in the film's credits, which claims it is "Based on the book 'The Girl on the Train' by Calvin Wizzig," a fictional vision of the film's narrator carried through to the end.
]]>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:17:00 GMTmidgebopmidgebop Blog11/18/2006 11:17:00 AMThe Nee brothers film, The Last Romantic, is a narrative journey through the eyes of its lead character, Calvin Wizzig (played by Adam Nee, half of the screenwriting/production team), an undiscovered poet waiting for the world to discover his talent. The film brilliantly follows the random adventures of Calvin as he journeys through NYC, attempting to find a publisher for his poems.I am a poet/I'm chivalry/I'm chastity/I mate for life/Do I mate for life/I'm fresh ideas echoes as we meet Calvin. He carries a little notebook, the home of his poems, which turn out to be simply two poems no more than a few lines, tucked between pages of doodles and letters back home to his sister Elizabeth. Calvin Wizzig is the last romantic, viewing life through a sometimes black &amp; white grainy fantasy, complete with wafting accordion sounds and sultry women. Although Calvin claims his journey is to publish poems, he is really traveling to find love, searching for a home.Every bit of the film is perfectly shot, from a wedding scene (Calvin fills in as a groom for a woman left by her groom) tinted in sepia, to the black and white shots every time Calvin meets up with a particular woman. This same deliberate vision of the screenwriters is apparent in the film's credits, which claims it is "Based on the book 'The Girl on the Train' by Calvin Wizzig," a fictional vision of the film's narrator carried through to the end. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/comedy/MemberTagFilms.aspxcomedy
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