Update 6/9: Charlotte Sometimes will conclude its Bay Area run this Thursday June 12th at the Balboa Theater. Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting the film!
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Thank you all for coming out to our special Charlotte Sometimes Opening Night events! Check out our recap and chat with the cast and crew.
Check out Roger Ebert's reviews:
November 7, 2002 | May 2, 2003
Critical Acclaim
This acclaimed and award winning film was the surprise nominee for this years Independent Spirit Awards (the Indie Oscars). The film's two nominations, including Best Feature/The John Cassavetes Award, and Jacqueline Kim for Best Supporting Actress, were the first for an Asian American film since 1995 (Picture Bride).
In an on-stage interview Thursday evening at Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival, Ebert and directing legend Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Pieces) included Charlotte Sometimes director Eric Byler with Neil Labute (Your Friends and Neighbors) and Alexander Payne (About Schmidt) as three directors who are the inheritors of the "Golden Age" of American Independent film (roughly 1967 to 1976). Charlotte Sometimes' plays Saturday April 26 to a sold out 1450 seat theater at Ebert's elite Overlooked Film Festival in Champaign, Illinois prior to its world theatrical premiere in Chicago May 2.
About the film
Every beautiful woman has a friend like Michael-- a trusted and dependable soul, content to know he's "like a brother" to a woman he secretly longs to bed.
The woman in this case Michael's neighbor and tenant-- a girlishly sexy princess by the name of Lori. Lori feels coveted and yet chaste in the glow of Michael's calm, silent gaze -- an addictive combination she can scarcely live without. Physically, however, she prefers the touch of another man.
Justin is a handsome, half-Asian stock broker whose passion for life is trampled by the dizzying demands of his fast-track career. After work, Justin crashes at Lori's apartment hoping to steal a few extra moments of peace. But Lori's enticing bids to claim those moments for herself spur in Justin a flood of sexual intensity often bordering on cruelty. Afterwards, Justin pretends to sleep, sending lovesick Lori upstairs to Michael for late night movies cuddled up on his couch.
Into the fray wanders Darcy-- a novelist and world traveler who singles Michael out at the local nightspot. Michael senses the danger in Darcy's eyes, but he invites her into his life, and soon into the lives of Lori and Justin. Slowly, the seduction begins. By the time Darcy sets off into the world again, her insinuating power has sparked a chain reaction of passion and betrayal, where all the truths and all the lies, so carefully kept hidden, are ultimately revealed.
About the director
Eric Byler grew up in Hawaii and California before graduating with high honors from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. His short film Kenji's Faith premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win six festival awards, as well as a nomination for "The Student Academy Awards" sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences." His digital feature "Charlotte Sometimes" premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2002, where it received the Audience Award for First Films Narrative. Theater directing credits include "Texas" & "Laughter Joy & Loneliness & Sex & Sex & Sex & Sex. Eric's father is of European descent; his mother is Chinese American.
Kenji's Faith awards include: "Best Amateur Entry" Canadian International Annual Film Festival, "Best Scenario" Canadian International Annual Film Festival, "Best Experimental Entry" Chicago International Film Festival, "Judges Award" New Orleans International Film Festival, "Director's Choice Award" Thomas Edison "Black Maria" Film Festival, "Best of Festival" Montreal Underground Film Festival, "Certificate of Regional Achievement" the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Charlotte Sometimes
A new film by Eric Byler
Opening May 9, 2003
(5 questions with Eric Byler)
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In Need of a Cure
Thibault Worth sits down for an interview with director Eric Byler
Sexy Smart Charlotte Sometimes
Jonathan Hickman chats with director Eric Byler.
Some Time with Eric Byler
AsianAmericanFilm.com's Greg Pak interviews fellow director Eric Byler
Interview with Jacqueline Kim
Rotten Tomatoes interviews Jacqueline Kim before the 2003 SFIAAFF.
More stuff
Official Charlotte Sometimes Website
2003 SFIAAFF Description
Talk about Charlotte Sometimes in our Forum
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