Heavy
| Year: | 1995 |
| Production Co: | Available Light Productions |
| Director: | James Mangold |
| Writer: | James Mangold |
| Cast: | Pruitt Taylor Vince, Liv Tyler, Shelley Winters, Deborah Harry, Evan Dando |
This film shows us the career arc of directors since time immemorial (at least since the indie/DV/DIY era began.
A hip new director (James Mangold) arrives with a touchy feely movie about a sensitive subject and makes a splash that gets the attention of Hollywood, and before you know it he's churning out a by-numbers rom-com like Kate and Leopold.
A fat guy falls in love with a beautiful girl he'll never get because he's fat. That's it.
Groundbreaking? A revelation? Maybe in the Hollywood Hills where every male has a chiselled jaw and fake tan and every woman's a buxom starlet under 25...
A hip new director (James Mangold) arrives with a touchy feely movie about a sensitive subject and makes a splash that gets the attention of Hollywood, and before you know it he's churning out a by-numbers rom-com like Kate and Leopold.
A fat guy falls in love with a beautiful girl he'll never get because he's fat. That's it.
Groundbreaking? A revelation? Maybe in the Hollywood Hills where every male has a chiselled jaw and fake tan and every woman's a buxom starlet under 25...