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Lucky McKee (writer)
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Sometimes Death Is Not So Natural
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A lonely young man's obsession with his neighbor gets the best of him, resulting in a murder, a cover-up ... and a potential new romance? full summary | add synopsis
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Apartment
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Loneliness
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part One
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lucky McKee | ... | Roman | |
| Nectar Rose | ... | Eva / Dream Girl | |
| Kristen Bell | ... | The Girl / Isis | |
| Ben Boyer | ... | Russ | |
| Mike McKee | ... | Leroy Wolf | |
| Jesse Hlubik | ... | Jesse | |
| Chris Sivertson | ... | Lanky Worker | |
| Ernie Banks | ... | Cyrus | |
| Adam Gierasch | ... | Boyd | |
| Eddie Steeples | ... | Detective | |
| Thomas Beaumont | ... | The Waiter | |
| Vanessa Menendez | ... | Hedda Gabler | |
| Lotus Harmony | ... | Dream Girl | |
| Pancho Alvarez | ... | Lunch Room Worker | |
| Steve Copeland | ... | Lunch Room Worker |
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May 2: The Story of Roman (USA) (working title)
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The full film was shot with a digital video camera. The interviews were also filmed with the same camera.
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Jeez...apparently, Lucky McKee can do no wrong. Like an album by an indie artist buried under a pile of Top 40 junk, it is often hard to remember that the horror genre DOES have an existence outside of Rob Zombie, Eli Roth, and the "Saw" franchise. But is "Roman" really a horror film? McKee himself has found the tag questionable, as his films are more about relationships than anything else. "Roman," directed by actress Angela Bettis, is a gender reversal on McKee's breakout debut, "May" (in which Bettis starred), but blossoms into yet another singularly unique entity. Roman (McKee, who also scripted) is a remote, shy welder who leads a lonely existence; his daily excitement comes from sitting in front of his apartment window as an anonymous, beautiful girl (Kristen Bell) walks by; when the duo finally hook up, it meets an unexpected end. While McKee's hangdog expression can be overdone at times, he nails the nuances of a tormented, lovelorn guy, which becomes even more complex when Eva (the beautiful Nectar Rose), a foliage-wearing artist, enters his life. The beauty of watching "Roman" unravel is this awareness of relationship mechanics--seldom does character motivation feel contrived, nor does it come off with a sanitized "Hollywood" feel (the use of DV further helps this). As with "May," McKee finds ways to make potential shock-value scenes play with a tenderness (or humor) that is even more effective. And maybe as a titular nod to Polanski, the film bears a similarity to that director's tales of paranoid and/or sexually confused apartment-dwellers trying to sustain a day-to-day existence without (literally) killing someone. "Roman" is a wonderful film, sure to be on my "Best of 2007" list (even though it came out last year).