Guy (1996)

A young woman with a camera follows a man around to make a documentary about him, something he is not very happy with.

Director:

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Writers:

Kirby Dick, Renée Missel

Stars:

Vincent D'Onofrio, Hope Davis, Kimber Riddle

Cast

Credited cast:
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Guy
Hope Davis	...	Camera
Kimber Riddle	...	Veronica
Diane Salinger	...	Gail
Richard Portnow	...	Al
Valente Rodriguez	...	Low Rider
Michael Massee	...	Mark
John F. O'Donohue	...	Detective
Lucy Liu	...	Woman at Newstand (as Lucy Lui)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sandy Martin

Storyline

A young, female filmmaker looks through her camera for an object to film. She wants to film the private live of an ordinary person and starts following Guy. He is very irritated about this girl following him, always looking through her camera, never showing herself. She does not even say her name but follows him even home to his bedroom. He tries to get rid of her but she does not stop. After a while he gets used to the camera and the girl behind it and tries to get involved with her. First she protects herself with her camera but cannot keep the barrier up. When their feelings and Guy's actions become too confusing for them Guy disappears mysteriously. However, he comes back; with a camera.

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Plot Keywords:

following | subjective camera | fictional reality show | documentary filmmaking | documentary filmmaker | 

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Taglines:

She was looking for something special. She found much more than she was looking for.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for a strong sex scene, and for language including some sexual dialogue

Did You Know?

Quotes

Guy: I remember the first time I tried to masturbate. I was in my bed and I was all alone in the dark, and, um, there were these next-door neighbors, these two kids I used to play with, and their mother used to water the lawn in this bikini, y'know, right in the front yard. Y'know, her name was Tracy. She was this, like, incredible, kind of southern belle woman, with beautiful breasts. And I remember I was laying on my stomach and rocking back and forth, getting an adolescent erection, and I guess ...

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Connections

References Fargo (1996)

User Reviews

Neurotic Exhibitionism

Experimental films are praiseworthy for being just that. In the present instance, however, there is little else to recommend this one.

Since most films are by nature dramatic, going beyond the commonplace by way of revealing truths requiring vivid action or language, one important measure to be kept in mind is that they are also selective of this or that bit of new or unique presentation allowing us to appreciate the art of the author, the director, or the actors themselves. Just aiming the camera and saying "action" and then allowing the thing to develop sans editing defeats any purpose intended.

Guy is an example of home video run amok. Moreover it denigrates women in general by featuring a main character whose sole reason for existing seems to be draping his doughy body over every female in sight before vanishing into the mist. It just begs the question to try to justify this cinematic gambit by claiming how "true to life" or deeply introspective it might, as if by accident, be. Second-guessing the experiment, however novel it may at first seem, is not my idea of fun at the movies.

Details

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 December 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Guy - Gli occhi addosso

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,132, 21 December 1997

Gross USA:

$4,134

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,134

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, KRRWH Inc., Pandora Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1