Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 film scripted and directed by John Krasinski, based on a short story collection of the same name by David Foster Wallace. In the film, Sara Quinn, played by actress Julianne Nicholson, is interviewing men as part of her graduate studies. Her intellectual endeavor has emotional consequences as the men’s twisted and revealing stories are juxtaposed against the backdrop of her own experience. As she begins...
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 film scripted and directed by John Krasinski, based on a short story collection of the same name by David Foster Wallace. In the film, Sara Quinn, played by actress Julianne Nicholson, is interviewing men as part of her graduate studies. Her intellectual endeavor has emotional consequences as the men’s twisted and revealing stories are juxtaposed against the backdrop of her own experience. As she begins to listen closely to the men around her, Sara must ultimately reconcile herself to the darkness that lies below the surface of human interactions.
The film was filmed in the winter of 2006. It was selected for the US Dramatic Competition in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Its USA film distribution is set for September 2009.
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