As you may well know, the Spout team is knee-deep in Sundance, that juggernaut of American film festivals. For this episode of FilmCouch we present a conversation between the regulars (Paul, Kevin, Karina) and Filmspotting’s Adam Kempenaar about what we’re up to at the festival this year. Adam is looking forward to a pair of docs about legendary artists, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired and Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson. Among the many film’s on Karina’s to-see list are two movies by pairs of brothers: the Zellner brothers’ Goliath and the Duplass brothers’ Baghead. Kevin is hoping the Mexican near-future dystopian sci-fi film Sleep Dealer can live up to the expectations set by Cuarón’s Children of Men.
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Adam Kempenaar from Filmspotting sent us excerpts from a roundtable discussion with John Cusack at the Chicago International Film Festival. Cusack discusses Grace is Gone, a new movie where he plays a widower taking his daughters on a road trip after learning his wife was killed in Iraq. If it sounds like this role is off-type for him, it is. Especially when you consider that the 80’s most swooned over slacker’s main draw was to “get into the head of a real believer, someone who has put a lot of his energy and time and faith into needing to believe that the country has a righteous purpose…”
Thanks to Adam Kempenaar for the coverage. His highlights with John Cusack follow after the jump.
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