The Music of Regret

The Music of Regret

2006 en 44 minutes

Rating: 6

Plot

Simmons, best-known for her photographs of miniature rooms populated by dolls and of oversized objects—such as a house, birthday cake, and pistol—balanced on female legs, both human and fake, brings these characters to life in a three-act mini-musical. The film is inspired by three distinct periods of Simmons’s photographic work: vintage hand puppets, ventriloquist dummies and walking objects enact tales of ambition, disappointment, love, loss, and regret. Working with composer Michael Rohaytn ("Personal Velocity") and cameraman Ed Lachman ("The Virgin Suicides" and "Far From Heaven"), Simmons’s puppets come to life in miniature domestic scenes that echo real life.

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Cast

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

The Woman

Adam Guettel

Adam Guettel

The Man (voice)

Tony Nation

Tony Nation

Ted (voice)

John Tully

John Tully

Tod (voice)

Lisa Adams

Lisa Adams

May (voice)

Garland Hunter

Garland Hunter

June (voice)

David Sasse

David Sasse

Danny (voice)

Nathan Morgan

Nathan Morgan

Donny (voice)

Anthony Inneo

Anthony Inneo

Jerry (voice)

Julie Fiorenza

Julie Fiorenza

Gun

Greg Sinacori

Greg Sinacori

House / Camera

Marcus Willis

Marcus Willis

Cupcake

James A. Pierce III

James A. Pierce III

Book

Mayuko Shoka

Mayuko Shoka

Cake

Alia Crutcher

Alia Crutcher

Pocketwatch

Michael Rohatyn

Michael Rohatyn

Singing Larry (voice)

Margaret Dorn

Margaret Dorn

Chorus (voice)

Kyle Gordon

Kyle Gordon

Chorus (voice)

Cyrus Grace Dunham

Cyrus Grace Dunham

Nostalgia (voice)

Nathan Resika

Nathan Resika

Chorus (voice)

Cathy Simmons

Cathy Simmons

Choreographer (voice)

Jenna Hally Rubenstein

Jenna Hally Rubenstein

Woulda Singer #1 (voice)

Justin Dawson

Justin Dawson

Woulda Singer #2 (voice)

Nick Curtin

Nick Curtin

Woulda Singer #3 (voice)

Carol Dowty

Carol Dowty

Woulda Singer #4 (voice)

Ben Goldman

Ben Goldman

Woulda Singer #5 (voice)

Laurie Simmons

Laurie Simmons

Woulda Singer #6 (voice)

Susan Simmons

Susan Simmons

Woulda Singer #7 (voice)

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