- Actors: Aimee Copp, Michael De Stefano, Brenda Monte, Mikey Russo, Ronnie Marmo
- Directors: Nicholas Barker
- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: New Yorker Video
- DVD Release Date: 6 Feb 2001
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004YS8N
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 162,154 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Format:DVD
Filmmaker Barker found four very different losers-in-love in the personal ads and got to
know them for months, writing a script based on their personalities and experiences. He
then filmed it as if it were a traditional documentary, with the people playing themselves.
The characters are always interesting, if all sad, and often pathetic as well
as pathetically funny.
Sometimes it feels exploitational - don't these people know how sad, and sometimes
crazy they come off? Yet there's something that feels like these people consciously chose
to be seen for who they were, warts and all. Better that than continue to exist in the lonely
hole of obscurity.
And a simple visual touch at the very end puts a slightly more empathetic, less cruel spin on the film.
I couldn't quite love it, but I respect it's bravery in trying something new, its dark humor,
and its unblinking eye. But I suspect an unmanipulated documentary might have
been even more powerful. Here, we're never sure how deeply to hurt for these
people, or how awful or cruel to feel at laughing at them, because we don't know
when what we're seeing is `true' - which makes for interesting debates about
`reality', but also creates a bit of emotional disconnect. But just a bit...
know them for months, writing a script based on their personalities and experiences. He
then filmed it as if it were a traditional documentary, with the people playing themselves.
The characters are always interesting, if all sad, and often pathetic as well
as pathetically funny.
Sometimes it feels exploitational - don't these people know how sad, and sometimes
crazy they come off? Yet there's something that feels like these people consciously chose
to be seen for who they were, warts and all. Better that than continue to exist in the lonely
hole of obscurity.
And a simple visual touch at the very end puts a slightly more empathetic, less cruel spin on the film.
I couldn't quite love it, but I respect it's bravery in trying something new, its dark humor,
and its unblinking eye. But I suspect an unmanipulated documentary might have
been even more powerful. Here, we're never sure how deeply to hurt for these
people, or how awful or cruel to feel at laughing at them, because we don't know
when what we're seeing is `true' - which makes for interesting debates about
`reality', but also creates a bit of emotional disconnect. But just a bit...
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have not seen the movie, but the book is really fascinating. It was created some years ago, but its voyeristic attitude was well ahead of its time, and preceded, or better predescribed, today's common place trends in civic life, art, websiting, architecture, TV and movies, literature etc, of peeping into others people individual and collective lives, while at the same time exposing our selves to the others. Its window silent witnessing is not really a pioneer (Alfred Hitchcock definitely takes the credit) but still it offers a thrilling and sharp point of view. Well written and presented as well.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
a great overlooked film
6 Nov 2000
"Unmade Beds" cleverly uses the motif of the dating game to take a clear-eyed, penetrating look at modern neurosis and how the myriad distractions of urban life mirror our fractured sense of self. The four characters are initially quite sympathetic in their quest for love, but as the film progresses they reveal a pathological sense of self-loathing and meaninglessness, in turn making them very unattractive. It's a very entertaining and vastly underrated film, and the soundtrack is in fact very witty and contemporary. Recommended.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Watch this with a group of friends -- a party starter
6 Aug 2000
This film is an insightful look at loneliness. The great part about it is that its not obsessed with youth -- the youngest person profiled is 28. Four people vent about being single in the big city. This film is at times cruel, sad, and hilarious. Reportedly, parts of the film were scripted but even then it's amazing how candid and relaxed these people appear before the camera. The director whittled down dozens of profiles to focus on four people in particular and he got four compelling stories. Well worth a rental and much, much better than another "documentary" about a poor shlep who filmed his dating life in L.A.., "20 Dates". Unfortunately, that film got much more publicity than "Unmade Beds".
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Unmade Beds is completely fascinating
10 Sep 2000
I thought the soundtrack on this film was sensational -- and I was completely captivated by the story of these four singles lives. I highly, highly recommend you buy a copy.
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