It has been a remarkable, four-star review type of year for Alex Ross Perry, and 2014 ain’t over yet with the the Indie Spirits Awards nominations just around the corner. In the same boat/time-frame as Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, Listen Up Philip was delivered in a thirty minutes or your pizza is free mad dash. The filmmaker didn’t waste much time between projects sending Queen of Earth into orbit mid summer, and nor did he spend much time making new friends as his regular contributors on the tech side in Composer Keegan DeWitt, Cinematographer Sean Price Williams, Editor Robert Greene and Perry muses Elisabeth Moss, Keith Poulson and Kate Lyn Sheil were joined by Ross film newbies Patrick Fugit, Katherine Waterston and stop making indie films hero Kentucker Audley. Good news: this is inspired by classic Roman Polanski films.
Gist: This is a psychological thriller about two women who retreat to a beach house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world, only to realize how disconnected from each other they have become, allowing their suspicions to bleed into reality. Paranoia get the best of them.
Production Co./Producers: Elisabeth Moss, Alex Ross Perry, Adam Piotrowicz, Joe Swanberg (upcoming Bloomin Mud Shuffle)
Prediction: NEXT, Park City at Midnight, or Premieres? Fits a little everywhere.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. TBD (domestic). TBD (international)
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