Set against the backdrop of a comically surreal and anachronistic LA, a beleaguered young man tries to write a movie but instead gets pulled into everyone else’s projects as he hallucinates his way through a bizarre indie film scene.
Starring: Noel David Taylor, Ben Babbitt, and Danny Lane
Directed and written by: Noel David Taylor
You might not be surprised why he becomes just the “Man Under Table.” The main Guy (Noel David Taylor) here is trying to come up with an idea for a new movie, but instead ends up hearing more ideas from others. He thinks he’s got a good idea, but the others just seem to be a little better. He’s especially annoyed at another filmmaker, Jill (Katy Fullan), who everyone is talking about and waiting for her next movie. No matter where Guy goes, he can’t seem to find a place to write his movie, that is if he can really do it.
The only time he gets close to writing a movie is with a man named Gerald (John Edmund Parcher.) Gerald knows more about what he doesn’t want in his movie than what he does. The two have several meetings in hopes of figuring something out. What they figure out is that they have some scenes down, but not anything like a whole movie. In some ways, it feels the movie they want to make is closest to the one the audience is watching.
The movie starts and ends with Guy, who isn’t very likable but the audience will probably feel for in the end. All he wants to do is make a movie, but whether it’s because of himself or those around him he struggles mightily. Everyone else seems to have a better idea, or is obsessed with certain types of movies like fracking which don’t interest him. He’s bounced around between other writers, and even strangely cast in a movie without realizing it. Guy can’t get out of their shadow, especially Jill’s.
Besides the strangeness of his interactions with people are the unusual places he continues to end up in. The movie opens with another man and Guy talking about movies in a restroom. He often finds himself at a bar, where he seems to repeatedly misplaces his drink. He ends up on set of Jill’s movie from time to time, and continues to fight not being in the film. Sometimes he seems to be in another world, or dimension. Most importantly might be where he eventually ends up, and maybe feeling most comfortable.
“Man Under Table” isn’t your average film. It’s actually a film making a statement about making films, and the people who make them. The audience might catch certain points being made, but maybe filmmakers, or those who have tried filmmaking could relate the most. It’s set in an alternate LA, which just gives them a chance to add to the already bizarre feel of the movie. The audience will probably catch onto why Guy continues to fail, and it will interesting to see if they can feel sorry for him in the end. Probably the most interesting thing here is them talking about this movie as one of the movie ideas here, and realizing what the audience might think of it. With that, I give it 2 pools of blood.
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