"SOMETHING LIKE THAT", the 9/11 film to be shown on September 16th-6:30pm at The Helen Mills Theatre.
Directed by
Antony Marsellis. Written by
Susan Charlotte Starring
Danny Aiello,
Judith Light,
Bob Dishy,
Laila Robins,
John Shea and
Margaret Colin Produced by: Stan Cohen
It is hard to find the words that describe the enormity of an event such as 9/11. The feature film entitled "SOMETHING LIKE THAT," alludes to this in its title- The inability to describe the indescribable. Written by
Susan Charlotte, directed by
Antony Marsellis, starring Oscar Nominee
Danny Aiello, Tony Nominee Judith Light,
Bob Dishy,
Laila Robins,
John Shea and
Margaret Colin and produced by Stan Cohen, "SOMETHING LIKE THAT," weaves together three stories about 9/11 and its aftermath. The film will be shown at the Helen Mills Theatre, located at 139 West 26th Street on Friday, September 16th at 6:30. There will be a Q & A following the screening and then a reception.
During the period between September 2001 and September 2011 the writer,
Susan Charlotte, had an idea about a shoemaker who is alone in his shoe shop, awaiting the return of a young woman who had left a pair of shoes to be repaired. The audience soon discovers that the day is September 11th and the young woman worked on one of the top floors of the World Trade Center. This haunting material first found its voice in a one-act play, then in a full-length play called "The Shoemaker" (which premiered this summer starring
Danny Aiello and directed by
Antony Marsellis) and finally in a feature film called "Something Like That". It is as if during this deeply
disturbing decade while we have each tried to make sense of a world after 9/11, an artistic idea has been trying to find its way as well.
"SOMETHING LIKE THAT" consists of three stories that are woven together in an unusual way. "The Shoemaker"-takes place in a shoe shop on September 11, 2001; "The Cabbie" takes place in a cab one month later; and "The Dyslexic Lover" takes place in a downtown loft two months later. We are introduced to each of the three female characters in the same way-the shoes that they are wearing. And though these characters never meet, they wear the same unique green shoes. The men are connected in a different way--they have an unusual relationship to language. The Shoemaker repeats the phrase, "Something like that," every time he does not want to answer a painful question. The Cabbie is enthralled with the syllables that make up each word that he speaks. And the Dyslexic Lover sees most words in reverse. All six characters have been traumatized by 9/11 and are trying to find their way in emotional territory that feels unsafe and unfamiliar.
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