| Date | Area | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| USA | USD 402,091 |
Gold Hugo |
| Best Feature |
| Date | Area | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| USA | USD 402,091 |
If, like me, you don't know much about legitimate theater and how serious actors learn their craft, nor how that contrasts with Hollywood's business, you will find this a pleasurable and informative look into an actors' retreat and workshop.Victoria Foyt stars as a young actress made famous by a starring role in films about a Wonder Woman super hero.
Andre Gregory and Melissa Leo's kiss stole the show. Melissa has just told a table of guests that she and her brother had incest for years.
About a half-hour into Last Summer in the Hamptons, I was befuddled and couldn't follow the story anymore. And then I realized why I have such a hard time explaining the works of Henry Jaglom to people-his films aren't really about stories, they're about characters and experiences.
This film is a real triumph for Henry Jaglom. It's his first really mature film.
What I mean by my subject line is that I am watching this on HBO on my TV, but came in late and haven't paid full attention while I am doing some other things. Which is why I scheduled it to record on my DVR the next time it is on in about a week.
A young Hollywood actress, eager for an Actor's Studio-style broadening experience, has the "priviledge" of visiting the eccentric dysfunctional members of an extended theater family at their estate on Long Island, the matriarch of which is herself a former Hollywood screen actress.Right off the bat, we can determine that this is not a film for the general movie-viewing public, because it simply isn't.
Saw this film in a festival a few years ago and was deeply disappointed. It is a tale of a theatre family and their ups and downs during a summer in the trendy suburbs, but that's where the interest of this viewer ended.
Comedy where???? A load of poseurs and wannabe intellectuals strut about and act like morons.
Henry Jaglom, a film maker as much tied to the New York theater world as he is to Hollywood, writes and directs a story well-keyed to his split loyalties.A Hollywood actress about to sign on for her umpteenth reprise of a commercially successful but cartoonish role longs for artistic redemption and a full workout of her instrument.
