red flag
Because I wasn’t able to go see The Piano Lesson with you guys, I’m going to be reviewing something else.
So, awhile back, I won tickets on Twitter to go see a movie called Red Flag, produced and written by Girls star Alex Karpovsky. It was being screened at SVA Theatre as part of the Friars Club Comedy Film Festival.
(Side note: Girls is entirely self-indulgent and ridiculous and funny and good. Watch it! The second season starts on HBO in January.)
I was really excited about it. I once saw Alex Karpovsky at Union Square and, after I bravely made eye contact with him, he gave me a nod and a weak smile. So I guess you could say that I’ve been a little obsessed with him from that moment.
I went to go see the film with a friend on a cold and bright Saturday evening.
The movie itself is a little meta, in the sense that it’s about filmmaker – named Alex Karpovsky – who tours his film through the South while simultaneously trying to patch things up with his girlfriend.
Alex and his girlfriend break up because he refuses to get married, and the breakup sends him spiraling ever downwards. To cope, he ends up sleeping with River, a superfan who later follows him on his tour. Later, Alex’s friend Henry – his faithful travel buddy – ends up falling in love with River.
And just when you think it can’t get any more mixed up — Alex convinces his girlfriend to fly down so that they can work things out.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie. My friend didn’t — actually, she made me buy her dinner to make up for it.
We did both agree that it was a little lacking in narrative structure. But where I thought it was meta and funny, my friend thought it was narcissistic.
Que sera sera, I guess.
After the screening, the cast came up on stage to answer questions. As it turns out, a lot of it was made up along the way, which I thought was a pretty brave way to go about things. Check it:
(From left to right: Rachel, River, Alex, and Henry.)
– damla
Posted: December 2nd, 2012 under Reviews.
