Zooey & Adam
Winnipeg-based director Sean Garrity’s film, Zooey & Adam, begins a week-long engagement this Friday at The Royal. Despite the fact that it’s a movie about a couple trying to have a baby, do not assume it has any relation to romantic comedy. The trailer calls it ‘haunting’, ‘emotionally devastating’, and ‘a new kind of horror’. After doing the rounds on the film festival circuit, this controversial film is finally coming to Toronto for its premiere. Bonus: according to The Royal‘s website, director Garrity will be in attendance for both March 5th and 6th screenings....
Reading about the concept of Sean Garrity’s Zooey and Adam, I was very intrigued by the writer’s improvisational approach to the art of film-making. This movie was constructed in such a way that the actors themselves did not know the script – rather, they were thrust into situations and are forced to say whatever was on their mind in the context of a given situation. With little budget and no artificial lighting, it is surprising that what resulted was a very authentic approach to the art of film-making and a genuine performance from the lead actors. Though the story was fictitious, it came...
