My New Gun
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Directed by | Stacy Cochran |
Produced by |
Becky Arntzen (associate producer) |
Written by | Stacy Cochran |
Starring | |
Music by | Pat Irwin |
Cinematography | Edward Lachman |
Edited by | Camilla Toniolo |
Distributed by | IRS Media |
Release date | 26 October 1992 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
My New Gun is a 1992 American black comedy film directed by Stacy Cochran. It stars Diane Lane, James Le Gros, Stephen Collins, and Tess Harper. It also features an early minor role for Philip Seymour Hoffman.[1]
Plot
A husband buys his respectable New Jersey housewife an unwanted revolver which she later comes to enjoy.[2]
Cast
- Diane Lane as Debbie Bender
- James Le Gros as Skippy
- Stephen Collins as Gerald Bender
- Tess Harper as Kimmy Hayes
- Bruce Altman as Irwin Bloom
- Maddie Corman as Myra
- Bill Raymond as Andrew
- Suzzy Roche as Checkout Girl
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Chris
- Patti Chambers as Janice Phee
- Stephen Pearlman as Al Schlyen
- Leslie Brett Daniels as Waitress
- Paul J.Q. Lee as Desk Manager
- Angela Marie Baker as Maid at Ramada
- Kent Gash as Bell Hop
Production
Development
My New Gun was shot on a budget of $2.1 million, financed from IRS and Columbia-TriStar HomeVideo.[3] It was shot on location in Teaneck, New Jersey, and a townhouse was utilized for the interior of multiple homes.[3]
Reception
The film was well-received by critics, though it did not find commercial success. Terrence Rafferty of The New Yorker praised Cochran's directorial debut, writing that "The assurance she shows in handling even a brief expository scene is astonishing. [...] This film school graduate has a kind of 'technique' that can't be taught. [...] The sort of liberation that My New Gun proposes, and embodies, is the product of a true filmmaker's vision".[4]
The film was praised by another critic for its "masterfully understated structure" and eccentricities, which some considered to be influenced by Thelma and Louise or an update of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.[2]
Emanuel Levy has noted the way in which "the gifted director Stacy Cochran examines suburbia in a manner devoid of the usually nasty, mean-spirited approach to the subject", and unlike other downtown New York films, it "displays no irony or condescension; yet its quirkily laconic, minimalist perspective goes against expectations."[3]
References
- ↑ Oliver, David (2 February 2014). "Timeline: The life of Philip Seymour Hoffman". USA Today. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- 1 2 Allon, Yoram; Cullen, Del; Patterson, Hannah (2002). Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide. Wallflower Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-903364-52-9.
- 1 2 3 Levy, Emanuel (2001). Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film. NYU Press. p. 393. ISBN 978-0-8147-5124-4.
- ↑ Rafferty, Terence. "My New Gun". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
External links
- My New Gun on IMDb