Odd Brodsky
(2014)
Thirty-something Audrey Brodsky, (Tegan Ashton Cohan) will do just about anything to find her big break in Hollywood. Encouraged by her mother (Jesse Meriwether) from a young age, little Audrey (Ilana Klusky) makes a grave-side promise to become an actress. She grows up, moves to Hollywood, and has great success! ...working 40 hours a week at an office job she hates. Audrey finds camaraderie with "the Angels", an empowerment group of five girlfriends who encourage one another through tough love. Here we meet fellow Angel Sammy (director/actress Cindy Baer) who is also stuck but in a different way. She is obsessed with a movie she directed ten years ago, which is a nod to Baer's real-life directorial debut Purgatory House (2004). When Audrey finally quits her job antics ensue as she fumbles to create her new life. She hires a camera crew which consists solely solely of one man, who is known only as "Camera One" (Matthew Kevin Anderson), and she moves in with happy-go-lucky roommate Spuds (actor/musician Scotty Dickert), who is the exact opposite of over-thinking Audrey who seems to push away the things she wants most. Insider jokes about living in Los Angeles bring forth subtle social commentary about the importance we place on celebrity. But below the jokes lie a bittersweet story that is inspiring yet realistic. In the end, this movie reminds us that happiness has little to do with fame. People long to feel connected; connected to themselves, each other and the world. An official selection of 27 film festivals, and winner of 7 awards, this quirky, Wes Anderson inspired micro-budget comedy boasts over 30 locations, 80 music cues including a mandolin score, and a cast of more than 50 speaking roles, the majority of whom are women.
