Four Eyed Monsters (2005)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Directors:

Susan Buice
Arin Crumley

Writers:

Susan Buice (writer)
Arin Crumley (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Four glittering eyes, two pink mouths, and eight limbs wrapped around itself taking up two seats on the subway.

Plot:

Apathy, technology, paranoia, disease and medication. Meet Arin. Arin is a shy videographer who finds it too much to handle to go out and meet girls...

Plot Keywords:

Dating | Artist | Technology | Waitress | Disease

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Susan Buice	...	Susan
Arin Crumley	...	Arin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julia Ann Ames	...	Laundromat Fantasy Girl
Lindsey Anderson	...	Couple on subway
Derik Babtiste	...	Internet single
Doug Boatwright	...	Gay couple
Kevin Bostic	...	Restaurant customer
Brad Calcaterra	...	Studio Vermont founder
Michael Camacho	...	Voice of doctor
Lucie Cuadrado	...	Attractive woman in street
Michael Cuomo	...	College Boyfriend
Milton Darnell	...	Gay couple
Liz Davito	...	2nd Sexual Encounter
Jeremy Ebenstein	...	Ex-boyfriend
Margret R.R. Echeverria	...	Internet single
Sarah Elizabeth Greer	...	Restaurant customer
Joe Griffin	...	Susan's roommate
Mark Hegman	...	Internet single
Michael Horan	...	Couple on subway
Ward Horton	...	Studio Vermont Artist
Joseph Hung	...	Internet single
Matt Hyams	...	Man in laundromat
Lauren Marie Jones	...	Bartender (as Lauren Jones)
Laura Kindred	...	Internet single
Gregory Lay	...	Internet single
Leslie Loggins	...	Internet single
Cole Louison	...	Internet single
Bobby Lund	...	Internet single
Renda Mann	...	Internet single
Steven Moreti	...	Angry Restaurant Customer (as Steve Staiger)
Carolyn Morris	...	Woman in laundromat
Bill Newman	...	Internet single
Dorian Nuskind-Oder	...	Vermont resident
Cassie O'Sullivan	...	Nikki
Barbara Perun	...	Restaurant customer
Barbie Perun	...	Restaurant woman 2
Christine Price	...	Internet single
Suzanne Quast	...	Internet single
Trinity Rose	...	1st Sexual Encounter
Marc Scrivo	...	Arin's Roommate
Natalie Shull	...	Barfly
Erika Smith	...	Attactive woman on street.
Jessica C. Smith	...	3rd Sexual Encounter
Danny Ward	...	Ex-boyfriend
Monica West	...	Distressed Internet Single
Eileen Woods	...	Internet single

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Framingham, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Less Life Lived LLC

Movie Connections:

Featured in Moving In (2009)

Like nothing I've ever seen before.

I saw this two days ago, and it's been quite a chore to think of anything but this film since. When we sat down for dinner last night, my son (13) said, but haven't you seen something like that movie before? I thought for 15 seconds, and said No, No I hadn't. Various things reminded me of other movies, but I can't think of anything like this.

In style, it reminds me a bit of the film's of Wong Kar-Wai, (Especially Happy Together, which happens to be my favorite). The style and cinematography of any given scene does not follow a set pattern. If a particular scene would benefit from quick jump-cuts, they use those, if it works as animation, it's animated. Howard Roark said in the Fountainhead that a building's form must follow it's function, and I believe that this movie strongly follows that philosophy.

In content, Four Eyed Monsters sort of reminds me of Eternal Sunshine. Both films were certainly stimulating me intellectually, but I wasn't connecting to them emotionally. They both seemed to only be making me put my guard down. In the last 15 minutes or so of both films, they bring emotional weight that I was not expecting, and I would say that most people will be emotionally moved by this film.

Here's hoping that by the time you read this, you'll be able to see this movie in theatres, or on DVD. Personally, I can't wait to see it again.