Exploding Oedipus
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Marc Lafia
John Detwiler
Storm Large
Matt Weimer
James Anthony Cotton
Juliana Hatfield
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A young man ditches the real world for that of film, but eventually comes to realize that running away is no substitute for the sublime beauty of everyday life. When Hilbert's father has a near-fatal heart attack, he falls into a downward spiral of introspection, re-evaluating and restructuring his life. The despondent young man turns away from his family and his girlfriend toward the comfort of an alternative world. Taking up residence in a cheap, downtown San Francisco hotel, he experiments with drugs and bisexuality and art. On an 8mm projector, he obsessively analyzes home movies from his childhood, comparing these films with his recollections of his youth. Memory and desire- spawned from what he imagined was reality versus what he sees in these movies -encourage Hilbert to create his own film, to re-write the past and blow the Oedipal triangle apart.
Director
Marc Lafia
Cast
John Detwiler
Storm Large
Matt Weimer
James Anthony Cotton
Juliana Hatfield
Boris Eckey
Bruce Ramsay
Scott Ragel
Tania Meneguzzi
Tomoku Oku
Charlotte Chatton
Michael Jacob
Crew
Brian Benson
Joe Bini
Amy Brownson
Sue Campbell
Andrea Deveux
Xris Frank
Mary Jordan
Mary Jordan
Bill Kalm
Marc Lafia
Victoria Moreno
Petey Reniche
Irena Rogovsky
Christine Sheaks
Kenneth Wayne
Joplin Wu
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States October 2001
Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival in Mill Valley, California October 4-14, 2001.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (New American Cinema) May 24 - June 17, 2001.
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (New American Cinema) May 24 - June 17, 2001.)
Released in United States October 2001 (Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival in Mill Valley, California October 4-14, 2001.)
