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This road movie stars John Turturro and Sam Rockwell. It is directed by the man who made Living in Oblivion.
Instead of covering the plot I'll just say that Turturro plays an uptight electrical engineer who cannot connect with his employees or his wife and child. He's starting to see life backwards, literally. A boy rides his bike backwards. Coffee pours back into a pot backwards. What is going on with his mind?
After his plant has an early shut-down, Al Fountain (Turturro) decides to take a car ride to an old swimming hole from his youth, since he is far from home and in the area he remembers it from. He almost gets into a car wreck avoiding hitting The Kid (Sam Rockwell), a free spirited man-child who just wants to have fun.
Ok, so right off of the bat this may not sound too original. But it is. You have to see the film to know why. This is the kind of movie you either like or don't. I mean, sure, you could say it's OK, but at that rate, you might as well just say it's good. Both leads give very funny performances and things always seem to get really strange, but not in a sadistic way. Aside from some male nudity, foul language, and an implied scene of adultery, this really is kind of an innocent movie. I've seen this film about 5 times since 2000, and it grows on me more every time.
Di Cillo really sets the picture up having a great assortment of locations and set design, namely an outdoor wonderland of Christmas lights, bbq and lawn ornaments, with the moonlight collecting in a wooden box with blue felt lining.
I believe it took DiCillo 5 years to make this film, and he had Rockwell picked out long before he got financing for the film. This is definitely a very early Rockwell role.
Box of Moonlight is a quirky, feel-good movie for adults who enjoy a go nowhere tale that isn't too scatterbrained to stop and enjoy the scenery and life's comic moments, usually accompanied by a hand over the mouth.
Box of Moonlight (1996)
Director: Tom DiCillo
Director: Tom DiCillo
This road movie stars John Turturro and Sam Rockwell. It is directed by the man who made Living in Oblivion.
Instead of covering the plot I'll just say that Turturro plays an uptight electrical engineer who cannot connect with his employees or his wife and child. He's starting to see life backwards, literally. A boy rides his bike backwards. Coffee pours back into a pot backwards. What is going on with his mind?
After his plant has an early shut-down, Al Fountain (Turturro) decides to take a car ride to an old swimming hole from his youth, since he is far from home and in the area he remembers it from. He almost gets into a car wreck avoiding hitting The Kid (Sam Rockwell), a free spirited man-child who just wants to have fun.
Ok, so right off of the bat this may not sound too original. But it is. You have to see the film to know why. This is the kind of movie you either like or don't. I mean, sure, you could say it's OK, but at that rate, you might as well just say it's good. Both leads give very funny performances and things always seem to get really strange, but not in a sadistic way. Aside from some male nudity, foul language, and an implied scene of adultery, this really is kind of an innocent movie. I've seen this film about 5 times since 2000, and it grows on me more every time.
Di Cillo really sets the picture up having a great assortment of locations and set design, namely an outdoor wonderland of Christmas lights, bbq and lawn ornaments, with the moonlight collecting in a wooden box with blue felt lining.
I believe it took DiCillo 5 years to make this film, and he had Rockwell picked out long before he got financing for the film. This is definitely a very early Rockwell role.
Box of Moonlight is a quirky, feel-good movie for adults who enjoy a go nowhere tale that isn't too scatterbrained to stop and enjoy the scenery and life's comic moments, usually accompanied by a hand over the mouth.