‘Wrong’ Director Finishes New Film ‘Realite,’ Featuring Jon Heder In A Rat Suit; Also Editing ‘Wrong Cops,’ With Appearance From Eric Wareheim
I’ve come to really admire directorQuentin Dupieux, the man behind the filmsRubberandWrong. I love the way he both respects rules and throws them out the window on a regular basis. He goes where his ideas take him, and I find his movies to be tremendously entertaining as a result. I don’t know if I’ve laughed so consistently at any mainstream comedy this year as I did at Wrong.
So he’s the guy I want to see puttingNapoleon Dynamite’sJon Hederin a rat suit. The reason — inasmuch as Dupiex needs one, which is to say “there is no reason” — is the filmRealite, which Dupiex has just completed. That’s one of two recently finished films, actually, the other beingWrong Cops, which was previewed at Cannes this past spring. Get some more info on both films below.
Here’s a pic of Heder in the rat suit, which the actor posted toInstagramnot long ago. (The header image is from Dupieux’s ownTwitter feed.)
The film also featuresAlain Chabat(Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami),Jonathan Lambert(Love Lasts Three Years), andElodie Bouchez(Happy Few) alongside Heder. Dupieux scripted, and the story (such as it is) goes like this:
A little 8-year-old girl (called Reality) finds a mysterious video cassette. Her desire to see it rapidly tuns into an obsession. As for Jason (Alain Chabat), a failed filmmaker, he manages to persuade Bob (Jonathan Lambert), a crooked producer, to finance his first horror film. Despite the advice of his wife Alice (Elodie Bouchez), a psychiatrist, Jason progressively loses the plot and starts to confuse dreams with reality. Finally, Denis, an out-of-date television presenter, suddenly loses his confidence because of an imaginary skin disease. He then develops a feeling of being persecuted and loses his points of reference.
We’ll look forRealitein 2013; Cannes seems like a smart opening.Wrong Cops, meanwhile, is a comedy about “deranged” cops, constructed in seven chapters. It featuresMark Burnham,Eric Judor,Steve Little,Marilyn Manson, andGrace Zabriskie. (Oh, andEric Wareheim,too!) [CineeuropaviaTwitch]
