Word: urbania
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...content to subsist on grade-C summer leftovers like The Cell, you're going to have to look past current studio offerings. Independent film pickings are pretty slim right now, but thankfully, the new film Urbania is among them...
...independent it is. Adapted and directed on a shoestring budget by John Shear, Urbania barely made it to theaters. Set to open on Sept. 15, the film was dropped from its distributor's schedule on Sept. 1, just two weeks before its planned release. The film hung in limbo, with filmmakers desperately hunting for someone willing to distribute their work...
...Fortunately for audiences, Lions Gate Films recognized Urbania for the taut, well-crafted psychological drama it is, and the company picked up Urbania just in time to release the film on its original start date...
...Urbania tells the story of Charlie (Dan Futterman), a gay man still mourning the loss of his lover several months before. The film follows Charlie through the bleak New York streets which surround his home, cleverly setting the action on the night when clocks are turned back an hour for Daylight Savings time. It's a storytelling trick that will grow into a powerful metaphor as the film progresses, intensifying the conflict between Charlie's grief and his anger at his loss...
...life. They include a self-involved and sexually ambiguous actor, a friend dying of AIDS, and a dangerous homophobe who Charlie has pursued since the loss of his companion. The film's climax is split between three brief but powerful scenes, with each adding a new layer to Urbania's analysis of loss, revenge and redemption...