The Music of Regret
2006 · Movie · 40 min. · United States
Simmons, best-known for her photographs of miniature rooms populated by dolls and of oversized objects—such as a house, birthday cake, and pistol—balanced on female legs, both human and fake, brings these characters to life in a three-act mini-musical. The film is inspired by three distinct periods of Simmons’s photographic work: vintage hand puppets, ventriloquist dummies and walking objects enact tales of ambition, disappointment, love, loss, and regret. Working with composer Michael Rohaytn (“Personal Velocity”) and cameraman Ed Lachman (“The Virgin Suicides” and “Far From Heaven”), Simmons’s puppets come to life in miniature domestic scenes that echo real life.
Direction Laurie Simmons
Cast Meryl Streep · Julie Fiorenza · Greg Sinacori · Marcus Willis · James A. Pierce III · Mayuko Shoka · Alia Crutcher
Soundtrack Michael Rohatyn
Screenplay Laurie Simmons · Matthew Weinstein
Cinematography Edward Lachman
Original title The Music of Regret
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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