States of Control (1997)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Zachary Winestine

Writer:

Zachary Winestine (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A provocative and honest journey deep into the world of a woman determined to buck the sterility of modern life. |

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Jennifer Van Dyck	...	Lisa
Stephen Bogardus	...	Abel
John Cunningham	...	Paul, the Director
Ellen Greene	...	Carol
Jennie Moreau	...	Suzanne
Nancy Giles	...	Volker
Ferdie Pacheco	...	Actor
Matthew Sussman	...	Stage Manager
Stephen Gevedon	...	Alex, the Playwright
Jason Culp	...	Porn Store Customer
Mark Devine	...	Pick-Up Guy
Olga Merediz	...	Purse-Snatched Woman
Donald John Hewitt	...	Purse Snatcher
December	...	Subway Thug
Jeremy Graham	...	Subway Thug

Directed by
Zachary Winestine		(as Zack Winestine)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Zachary Winestine		writer (as Zack Winestine)

Produced by
Priscilla Guastavino	....	producer
Matt Janes	....	producer
JoAnne Pawlowski	....	producer
Zachary Winestine	....	producer (as Zack Winestine)

Original Music by
Richard Termini

Cinematography by
Susan Starr

Film Editing by
Jim Villone

Casting by
Matthew Messinger

Production Design by
Mario Ventenilla

Costume Design by
Daniel James Cole

Production Management
Mary Feuer	....	unit manager

Art Department
Deborah Greene	....	leadman

Sound Department
Paul Belodeau	....	boom operator
Benjamin Cheah	....	supervising sound editor
Dustin DuPilka	....	apprentice sound editor
Melanie Johnson	....	sound
Skip Lievsay	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nicholas Renbeck	....	supervising sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Jon Delgado	....	gaffer
Jeffrey A. Eplett	....	gaffer
Jeremy Graham	....	best boy electric
Learan Kahanov	....	electrician
Andrew Sweeney	....	key grip (as Andy Sweeney)
Ian Woolston-Smith	....	Steadicam operator

Editorial Department
Michael Yetter	....	negative cutter

Production Companies

• Impulse Films

Distributors

• Cine International (non-USA) (sales)
• Pathfinder Pictures (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Pathfinder Pictures (2006) (USA) (all media)
• Phaedra Cinema (2001) (USA)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Company:

Impulse Films

New Yorkers

New Yorkers have a way of rattling on endlessly, preferably in coffee shops, or in their tiny, jumbled little apartments with 200 coats of paint on the walls. Their dialog sounds intellectual and important, but really it's just drivel. That also sums up this movie. For the first two acts one watches thinking that maybe, just maybe hidden somewhere in all that self-important banter, there is a story to be told. There's not. Ultimately it appears as if they were all just making up as they went along, and in the third act what tiny little thread of direction they had was completely abandoned. I have no idea what this movie was about, nor what motivated any of the characters.