This Is Not a Film (2003)

Director:

Michael A. Nickles

Writer:

Michael A. Nickles (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

New Yorker Michael Connor attempts to find the woman who left him by making a film about her, hoping...

Plot Keywords:

Ex Girlfriend | Actress | Talk To Camera | Ex Boyfriend | New York City

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Michael Leydon Campbell	...	Michael Connor
Nadia Dajani	...	Nadia / Grace / Patty
Craig Carlisle	...	George Connor
Jack Kehler	...	The Puzzler
Callie Thorne	...	Callie
Cinda Adams
Nancy Broccolo
Jacqueline Bowman	...	Claire
Mari Biochler
David De Angelis		(as Dave DeAngelis)
Dorien Davies
Shannon Gold
Pamela Gordon
Danny Kon
Nick Lindsay

Runtime:

USA:88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Beechtree Films

Quotes:

Michael Connor: I don't want people to think I have a foot fetish - I don't. What I have is a deep level of appreciation. I mean, I'm not one of those guys buying magazines of people in leather sucking toes!
Nadia: And yet - he works in a shoe store.

Movie Connections:

References Fight Club (1999)

Very interesting tale of love and loss...

This Is Not a Film is a movie within a movie, in the style of a documentary. It's not as confusing as that sounds.

Michael is a guy whose girlfriend has left him. So he decides to make a video depicting his relationship with her, with the hope that in a "Six Degrees" way, someone who knows her will see it and tell her (Grace) that he misses her.

So not only does this film include the scenes, but also interviews with his "family," and "friends."

Excellent performances by all, but especially Nadia, a stand out playing Nadia (Michael's friend), the fake Grace, and the fake Patty, the women who came between them.

It's really a sweet tale, very natural. We all know people like this.

8 stars out of 10.