The Tracey Fragments (2007)

Director:

Bruce McDonald

Writers:

Maureen Medved (novel)
Maureen Medved (screenplay)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Something's missing...

Plot:

15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is naked under a shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he's a dog.

Plot Keywords:

Curtain | Bus | Shower Curtain | Flashback | High School

Awards:

5 wins & 6 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 24

11:15 PM

TMC

Cast

Ellen Page	...	Tracey Berkowitz
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos	...	Lance
Ari Cohen	...	Mr. Berkowitz
Erin McMurtry	...	Mrs. Berkowitz
Zie Souwand	...	Sonny Berkowitz
Stephen Amell	...	Detective
Leonard Dunbar	...	Laughing Man
Chris Ratz	...	Donut Shop Cashier
Daniel Fathers	...	Elegant Pimp Daddy
Ryan Cooley	...	David Goldberg
Jeffrey Bornstein	...	The Boy With Curious Hair
Jackie Brown	...	Mrs. Dorchester the Teacher
Kate Todd	...	That Knockout Bitch Debbie Dodge
Slim Twig	...	Billy Zero
Julian Richings	...	Dr. Heker

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language throughout, some sexual content and violence.

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Australia:MA | Finland:K-13 | USA:R | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Shadow Shows

Trivia:

As part of the promotion for the Canadian release, the distributor released all of the original footage as downloadable torrent files and encouraged people to re-edit the footage into whatever they saw fit. This is believed to be the first theatrically-released film to make its footage available in such a fashion. Entries ranged from music videos to a complete re-edit of the film in linear order, without split screens.

Quotes:

Tracey Berkowitz: Exhibit B: My mother. She is too busy to talk to me, she smokes three packs a day and getting her away from the TV is a surgical procedure.

Movie Connections:

References Armageddon (1998/I)

Very original, but not that much more

I saw this movie at the Berlin Film Festival and did not know nothing about it before. There will be people that will call this a "masterpiece" or "pure art", and there will be a lot more people that will call this "bullshit". I wouldn't argue with neither of them. If you want to enjoy this movie, you will have to buy every idea the director came up with, otherwise you will want to leave the cinema. At every moment of the movie, the picture is split up into lots of little pictures, often showing the same scene from different camera angles. This can be exhausting at times, but it can also be very exciting.

You suddenly realize that you as a member of the audience are part of the film-making process. You are the one to edit to movie, to decide whether you want the see the long or the close shot. I found this a very interesting approach to the process of making a movie. But still, sometimes the film seems to be so random, trying hard to be special and smart. You might have to watch it a second time to really check if there's is a kind of inner logic to every scene. The movie has great moments and is full of original ideas, though sometimes it is only original for the purpose of being original and nothing else. Apart from the interesting picture language, I have to mention the gorgeous Ellen Page, who is - ultimately - THE most talented young actress there is today. I'm looking forward to her future projects.