ZOOM Trailer: Alison Pill Plays an Artist Whose Drawings Come Alive
Here's the first official trailer for Zoom, a new movie in which Alison Pill (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Goon) plays an artist whose drawings come to life, containing a meta, layered narrative that collapses in on itself. It's easier to just watch the trailer, and then read the synopsis from last year's Toronto International Film Festival to get a better sense of what's really going on:
Emma (Alison Pill) is a comic-book artist who works by day in a factory that makes sex dolls, which is messing with her head. In an attempt to get herself closer to the plastic fantasy image that surrounds her, she makes a rash decision. Then she decides she wants to reverse that choice, but it’s too late and too expensive to turn back. Fortunately, Michelle (Mariana Ximenes), the aspiring novelist writing Emma’s story, gives her a way out. In turn, Emma controls the story of Edward (Gael García Bernal), the filmmaker at the center of the comic book she’s drawing. He’s a successful action-movie director with no shortage of confidence and an urge to make more artistically ambitious films. But, in a cruel joke, Emma takes her pen to the root of this man’s vanity, shriveling his confidence instantly. He begins to struggle with his film about Michelle, a Brazilian model living in Toronto and trying to write a novel about a cartoonist. In a bid to escape the fashion world and immerse herself in her writing, she returns to Brazil, finding a small fishing village where the pressure to complete her novel leads her to Alice (Cláudia Ohana), a hotel owner who changes her life. Of course, the hand of Michelle’s creator, the action-movie director who wants to be a serious auteur, is never far behind.
This movie looks pretty bonkers, but in a good way. I'm definitely intrigued, and luckily we don't have to wait long to see it. The film hits theaters and VOD on September 2, 2016.
Via: /Film