Four Eyed Monsters (2005)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Directors:

Susan Buice
Arin Crumley

Writers:

Susan Buice (writer)
Arin Crumley (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Four glittering eyes, two pink mouths, and eight limbs wrapped around itself taking up two seats on the subway.

Plot:

Apathy, technology, paranoia, disease and medication. Meet Arin. Arin is a shy videographer who finds it too much to handle to go out and meet girls...

Plot Keywords:

Dating | Artist | Technology | Waitress | Disease

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Susan Buice	...	Susan
Arin Crumley	...	Arin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julia Ann Ames	...	Laundromat Fantasy Girl
Lindsey Anderson	...	Couple on subway
Derik Babtiste	...	Internet single
Doug Boatwright	...	Gay couple
Kevin Bostic	...	Restaurant customer
Brad Calcaterra	...	Studio Vermont founder
Michael Camacho	...	Voice of doctor
Lucie Cuadrado	...	Attractive woman in street
Michael Cuomo	...	College Boyfriend
Milton Darnell	...	Gay couple
Liz Davito	...	2nd Sexual Encounter
Jeremy Ebenstein	...	Ex-boyfriend
Margret R.R. Echeverria	...	Internet single
Sarah Elizabeth Greer	...	Restaurant customer
Joe Griffin	...	Susan's roommate
Mark Hegman	...	Internet single
Michael Horan	...	Couple on subway
Ward Horton	...	Studio Vermont Artist
Joseph Hung	...	Internet single
Matt Hyams	...	Man in laundromat
Lauren Marie Jones	...	Bartender (as Lauren Jones)
Laura Kindred	...	Internet single
Gregory Lay	...	Internet single
Leslie Loggins	...	Internet single
Cole Louison	...	Internet single
Bobby Lund	...	Internet single
Renda Mann	...	Internet single
Steven Moreti	...	Angry Restaurant Customer (as Steve Staiger)
Carolyn Morris	...	Woman in laundromat
Bill Newman	...	Internet single
Dorian Nuskind-Oder	...	Vermont resident
Cassie O'Sullivan	...	Nikki
Barbara Perun	...	Restaurant customer
Barbie Perun	...	Restaurant woman 2
Christine Price	...	Internet single
Suzanne Quast	...	Internet single
Trinity Rose	...	1st Sexual Encounter
Marc Scrivo	...	Arin's Roommate
Natalie Shull	...	Barfly
Erika Smith	...	Attactive woman on street.
Jessica C. Smith	...	3rd Sexual Encounter
Danny Ward	...	Ex-boyfriend
Monica West	...	Distressed Internet Single
Eileen Woods	...	Internet single

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Framingham, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Less Life Lived LLC

Movie Connections:

Featured in Moving In (2009)

Best of SXSW

I recently saw Four Eyed Monsters at the South by Southwest Film Festival and out of the nearly 30 films I have seen at the fest I believe this to be the best.

I was amazed at how emotionally honest this film was. It was able to really get to the core of human desire and its battle with reality in a way that few other films do (I'm sure the fact that the movie is extremely autobiographical helps in this matter).

Arin Crumly and Susan Buice really need to be commended not only for their amazing job at writing an incredibly touching an honest story but for making a film that was very experimental without ever being pretentious. They mix their fictional story with real-life interviews, animation, different filming and editing techniques, and a bold and fantastic ending that could have been a disaster but instead adds a whole new layer to the movie and makes an already moving film that much more so.