The New York Times reports:
In “The Visitor”, Richard Jenkins plays an economist whose flagging joie de vivre is restored when he takes up drumming.
It opens today in limited release.
It’s by the guy who made The Station Agent, a movie about a New Jersey resident with achondroplasia; here is more information.
Midget is considered offensive.
Thanks Josh I have corrected…
Yes, I was just going to say that it reminded me of Richard Feynman, although I doubt he suffered from a lack of joie de vivre before he took up drums.
It would be better if it were about a drummer whose flagging joie de vivre is restored when he become an economist!
“Connection is everything” says the poster. “Only connect” was much superior. Ain’t life getting verbose?
I like Alex’s comment.
And I agree with Rue, even as someone who tends toward ‘indie film.’
…that’s a djembe, not a congo; much cooler.
Looks like “The Girl in the Cafe”, minus the girl.
Sorry filmmakers. I don’t need lessons on how to live life from quirky hipster chicks (oops, that was the Bill Nighy movie) or quirky charming ethnics channeling funky eternal wisdom. I wouldn’t know what to do with my groove if I got it back, and couldn’t recover my mojo if it bit me in the ass. That’s the same grass-is-greener fantasy that got into Paul Gauguin, and he came to a sorry end. The immigrants I know are for the most part doing their level best to get into boringly well-remunerated non-precarious lines of work and the musicians I know are turning day jobs into a change of career; one is becoming a lawyer in fact. It’s vexing that middle-aged white males are perpetually portrayed with this sad-sack stereotype, but I guess I’ll just cry all the way to the bank.
The guy who wrote and directed this movie is Tom McCarthy. He is also an actor – he played the journalist who made up his stories in the most recent season of The Wire. The Station Agent is one of the best small budget movies of recent years. I look forward to The Visitor. Yes, I am also from NJ.
An Economist who keeps a vacant Manhattan apartment?
Looks cool. “The Station Agent” was an excellent film, I highly recomend it.
Haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’m a 40-something white guy who lives for his Sunday afternoons at the Venice drumming circle in California.
I don’t think there’s anything too strange about this guy finding his inner groovologist at a drumming circle.
While the immigrants in Venice are (according to my unscientific estimation) mostly of the Mexican variety, the opportunity to commune with drug addicts, alcoholics, an occasional schizophrenic, aging hippies, super-models, strippers, gawking tourists, teenage-posers, and white-color slaves to the rhythm such as myself is of such personal value that I truly do consider this my weekly religious ceremony.
I guess you could say that I relate with the lead character of The Visitor. Good stuff, those drumming circles. See you in Venice!
I’ve seen this movie.I also recommend to see this ‘The Station Agent’ Movie. This was one of the year’s best films because it dares to raise a true, deep, and honest voice amidst the glitzy schlock that Hollywood still cranks out to rake in the millions.
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