Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Rebecca Miller

Writers:

Rebecca Miller (book)
Rebecca Miller (written by)

Release Date:

28 March 2003 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.

Plot Keywords:

Hitchhiker | Editor | Flashback Sequence | Restaurant | Narration

Awards:

6 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Kyra Sedgwick	...	Delia Shunt
Parker Posey	...	Greta Herskowitz
Fairuza Balk	...	Paula
John Ventimiglia	...	Narrator (voice)
Ron Leibman	...	Avram Herskowitz
Wallace Shawn	...	Mr. Gelb
David Warshofsky	...	Kurt Wurtzle
Leo Fitzpatrick	...	Mylert
Tim Guinee	...	Lee
Patti D'Arbanville	...	Celia
Ben Shenkman	...	Max
Joel de la Fuente	...	Thavi Matola (as Joel De La Fuente)
Marceline Hugot	...	Pam
Brian Tarantina	...	Pete Shunt
Seth Gilliam	...	Vincent

Also Known As:

Enter Fleeing (USA) (working title)
Personal Velocity (USA) (short title)

MPAA:

Rated R for brief violence, some strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Netherlands:12 | Peru:14 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Ellenville, New York, USA

Company:

Blue Magic Pictures

Quotes:

Greta Herskowitz: How could he still love me? If he does, it's because he doesn't know me. I'm rotten with ambition, a lusty little troll, the kind of demon you'd find at the bottom floor of hell pulling fingernails off the loansharks.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

DV masterpiece

Personal Velocity is one of the most beautifully shot digital films I have ever seen. The story is uniquely touching and develops a woman's perspective on life and love into a series of lives and events. The cinematography by Ellen Kuras defies the documentary roughness of the digital experience. Often the insert shots in the film are the most enthralling, focusing on small objects to extract the film's delicate beauty. Defying the need to connect the narratives, the film manages to create thematic connections, and forces the viewer to think more about the images and the characters' emotional journeys. One major drawback, the narrator is distracting, but if you can dismiss the intriguing insertion of a male voice over a female narrative, you can enjoy the interesting perspective on a woman's film. Wonderfully shot, well-written, worth-watching.