Making a film is sort of a miracle– to make one can sometimes come into fruition through a lucky combination of connections, creativity and circumstances all perfectly aligning as if by fate. But making a film takes cash to do it. In the Soup is an independent comedy centered on an aspiring auteur meeting an eccentric, creative gangster that’s willing to do everything (including crime) to fund it. The film does mostly depend on conversations between characters, witty repartee and Steve Buscemi’s voice-over, but it does capture the importance of patrons in the artistic process, how silly some lofty artistic aspirations can be, and to never forget the human side of the filmmaking process, not just the solitary brainstorming.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Actor: Carol Kane, Debi Mazar, Elizabeth Bracco, Jennifer Beals, Jim Jarmusch, Michael J. Anderson, Pat Moya, Paul Herman, Richard Boes, Rockets Redglare, Ruth Maleczech, Sam Rockwell, Seymour Cassel, Stanley Tucci, Steve Buscemi, Steven Randazzo, Sully Boyar, Will Patton
Director: Alexandre Rockwell
Rating: R
