2002 Women in Cinema Festival:
Seattle, WA- In a late-breaking development, THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS director Rose Troche will journey from Paris to Seattle, arriving just in time for the screening of her film on the opening night of the 2002 Women in Cinema Festival. Produced by Seattle's own Clear Blue Sky Productions, THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS screens at the fabulous Cinerama on Thursday, January 24, at 7:00 PM. Director Troche will be in attendance to introduce her film and host a post-screening Q&A session. Troche will also attend the festival's Opening Night Gala following the screening of her film. Troche burst upon the scene in 1994 with her deliciously fresh comedy GO FISH, then followed that success with the acclaimed BEDROOMS AND HALLWAYS (SIFF 1998). Neither of these offbeat treasures could have prepared us, however, for the rich emotional texture and sheer stylistic panache she brings to her new film-an engaging, intricately structured seriocomedy focusing on four dysfunctional families in idyllic suburbia, and the ways their members' lives intertwine to unexpected effect. Based on a book of short stories by A.M. Homes, the film introduces us to a compelling cast of characters, each of whom is smothered one way or another by the posh comfort of the material objects-swimming pools, SUVs, mall trappings-that surround them. Troche draws superb performances from a gifted ensemble cast, including Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Jessica Campbell, Patricia Clarkson, Joshua Jackson and Mary Kay Place. These characters are caught on the cusp of change, unsatisfied by their lives, yet blind to their own complicity. In the course of this moving and subversively funny film, each will find the means to emerge from the smothering cocoon of their self-imposed ennui. Media Contact: Monte Means (206) 315-0669 monte@seattlefilm.com, or visit the Women in Cinema website. |