Archive of films Bug / Bug

USA
2002, 89 min

Section: Forum of Independents - Competition
Year: 2003

Silverlake, Los Angeles: a small boy steps on a bug and kills it. All events have their consequences: the death of the insect sets off a chain reaction, causing confrontation between various characters in this bizarre comedy.

Synopsis

Silverlake, Los Angeles: a small boy steps on a bug and kills it. All events have their consequences: the death of the insect sets off a chain reaction, causing confrontation and collision between various characters in this bizarre comedy. Two lovers are lost and find themselves again, the owner of a Chinese restaurant, hounded by health inspectors, suffers a terrible end, a person trying to commit sucide is saved, and, in the nick of time, an important spare part reaches a plane waiting to take off. One joke follows another in quick succession in this fast-moving gag machine, which might be seen as a successful cinematic formulation of the chaos theory.

About the director

Matt Manfredi (Palos Verdes, California) is a graduate of the American Film Institute. Phil Hay grew up in Ohio and graduated from the University of California. Manfredi and Hay co-wrote Crazy/Beautiful, which was released in the US in 2001, and The Tuxedo with Jackie Chan, released in 2002. Bug is their feature co-directing debut.

Contacts

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Forum of Independents - Competition

Director:	Matt Manfredi, Phil Hay
Screenplay:	Matt Manfredi
Dir. of Photography:	Scott Kevan
Music:	Theodore Shapiro
Editor:	John Binninger
Producer:	Lysa Hayland, Kate Margolis, Brian Gerber
Production:	Hayland/Margolis Films
Cast:	Brian Cox, Jamie Kennedy, Sarah Paulson, John Carroll Lynch, Christina Kirk
Contact:	Curb Entertainment

www:	www.curbentertainment.com