Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with some thoughts on the first few films I've seen today. I started the day with:

DELIRIOUS

Directed by Tom DiCillo (LIVING IN OBLIVION) and starring Michael Pitt, Steve Buscemi and Alison Lohman.

Pitt, the lucky bastard in THE DREAMERS, is a homeless young man who falls in with Steve Buscemi's character, a "professional photographer" (read: paparazzo in denial) and learns the ropes. He learns how to sneak into parties, where the goodie bags are and who will bring big money when photographed.

Alison Lohman plays a famous pop singer who is a prime target for Buscemi, but through an odd twist of fate, ends up stealing Pitt's heart and vice-versa.

I loved Lohman in MATCHSTICK MEN and am greatly looking forward to her in Robert Zemeckis' BEOWULF. She's great in this, giving the character enough innocence and sweetness to keep her from being a typical stuck up privileged bitch. Pitt also plays an innocent whose dream is to be an actor, but he doesn't have a backstabbing bone in his body. The system is bound to chew him up and spit him out, right?

I think there might be something in Michael Pitt's contract that requires he has some sort of sexual bathtub scene in every movie he's in. He gets a handy in HEDWIG, he shares his nakedness with the ravishing Eva Green in DREAMERS and he has another bathtub scene in this one.

In a weird synchronistic bit of coincidence, David Wain, the director of THE TEN, the last movie I saw last night, is an actor in this, the first movie I saw today. He plays a total Hollywood type, Lohman's yes-man assistant.

Also in the cast are Gena Gershon and Kevin Corrigan in bit parts.

Buscemi plays such a great scumbag... leave it to Buscemi to make you like a paparazzo. How he makes that character sympathetic is beyond me, but he does.

The flick itself has a great flow to it, then the third act starts and everything goes wonky. Not necessarily in a bad way, but it really feels like a different movie. I personally liked it, but I can see how that'd be too big of a tonal shift for some audience members.

All in all, I recommend the flick. Even if the rest of the movie was awful (it wasn't) the movie would be worth a watch just for Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman (and the brilliant decision to keep her in a bra for most of the movie) and Steve Buscemi.

TEETH

Okay. Up front. This movie's about a teenage girl who discovers she has a biting pussy. And it's not in the Midnight series, but the Dramatic Competition!

This screening was packed to the gills. It seemed the plot synopsis picqued some interest as the screening was filled with Industry and press, so much so it looked like they had to turn people away.

For people complaining about Sundance not showing any no name, quality productions, this flick is for them. It was shot in Austin (go hometown!) and looks like they used mostly Austin talent. The film looks like a million bucks, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was much cheaper to produce.

Basically, you're following a pro-abstinence teen girl who comes to discover the real reason she's against teen sex.

Surprisingly, there's very little nudity and they do tell this story with a straight face, although there are a half-dozen moments where they deliver on the gore and exploitation promised in the plot.

More than likely you've never heard of Jess Weixler, the leading lady, but she comes out of the gate swinging, carrying this movie and giving a sort of human side to this crazy premise. Of course she's attractive, a beautiful blonde, and if this were a Troma movie that's all that would matter.

I don't want to make it sound like this movie's a straight up drama. It's still a bizarre movie about a girl with a mutation in her cooter. You get gore, you get nudity, you get severed cocks and bloody penis-stumps. Just try to imagine that movie, but where the exploitation isn't the focus. It's there and it's prevalent, but it's not the only reason for making this film.

I'm sure you'll see this one pop up. It's too crazy to disappear.

Now I'm only a few movies behind. I have 3 films left in Day 3. Be back soon!

-Quint
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