The Music of Regret
The Music of Regret

The Music of Regret

6.0(4 votes)
2006
0h 44m
Comedy
Drama
Music

Simmons, best-known for her photographs of miniature rooms populated by dolls and of oversized objects—such as a house, birthday cake, and pistol—balanced on female legs, both human and fake, brings these characters to life in a three-act mini-musical. The film is inspired by three distinct periods of Simmons’s photographic work: vintage hand puppets, ventriloquist dummies and walking objects enact tales of ambition, disappointment, love, loss, and regret. Working with composer Michael Rohaytn ("Personal Velocity") and cameraman Ed Lachman ("The Virgin Suicides" and "Far From Heaven"), Simmons’s puppets come to life in miniature domestic scenes that echo real life.

Production

Double Wide Media, Performa, Salon 94

Cast

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

The Woman

Adam Guettel

Adam Guettel

The Man (voice)

Tony Nation

Tony Nation

Ted (voice)

John Tully

John Tully

Tod (voice)

Lisa Adams

Lisa Adams

May (voice)

Garland Hunter

Garland Hunter

June (voice)

David Sasse

David Sasse

Danny (voice)

Nathan Morgan

Nathan Morgan

Donny (voice)

Anthony Inneo

Anthony Inneo

Jerry (voice)

Julie Fiorenza

Julie Fiorenza

Gun

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