WTC View (2005)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Brian Sloan

Writer:

Brian Sloan (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A story of New York after 9/11

Plot:

After placing an ad on September 10th, a young man living in SoHo struggles to find a new roommate and keep his emotional balance in the weeks following 9/11. |

Plot Keywords:

Monologue | Post September 11 2001 | Gay Sex | Ground Zero | Local Newspaper

Cast

Michael Urie	...	Eric
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeremy Beazlie	...	Jeremy
Jay Gillespie	...	Max
Elizabeth Kapplow	...	Josie (as Liz Kapplow)
Michael Linstroth	...	Jeff
Lucas Papaelias	...	Kevin
Nick Potenzieri	...	Alex

Runtime:

USA:102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Edgeworx

Trivia:

The film was done originally as a play in the 2003 New York International Fringe Festival. It is the first show from the Fringe to make the transition to feature film.

Quotes:

Eric: Get home safe.
Josie: You never used to say that.
Eric: And don't take the subway.

Soundtrack:

Tell Me Girlfriend

Room with a view

I recently had a chance to screen this film with the director present. He said that his two inspirations for this movie came from Rear Window and Rosemary's Baby. Not exactly two films that come to mind when you think of a 9/11 movie. However, they are fitting. The main character in the movie is trapped in his apartment. We do not see the outside world until the last frame. His prospective tenants go and look out the window of the bedroom and we know what they are looking at without ever seeing it. We do not see it because it is not a movie about us. It is a movie about the characters on screen and their dealing with the tragedy. Writer /director Brian Sloan has captured almost every angle of reactions to that day. Perhaps the most interesting reaction comes from Alex(Nick Potenzieri), as someone who was actually in the tower when the plane hit. He has a positive look on life, and begins to look at everything differently. This movie would be fascinating enough if it were just about prospective roommates and their dealings with Septemeber 11 but it isn't. It becomes much more as we deal with Eric and how profoundly he was affected by that day. This movie is an intimate, moving portrayal of events that we all know, but in a much different way than we have ever seen. I highly recommend it if you can find it to watch.