The Paranoids

[Kal]

Hey everyone. Here is the new U.S. trailer for the premiere in New York, January 8th.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/theparanoids/

[MacGuffin]

Argentine comedy "Paranoids" mostly dull
Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The problem with movies revolving around slackers is that they too often tend to be as aimless as their lead characters.

Such is the case with "The Paranoids," an Argentine comedy that, despite some interestingly offbeat moments, is unlikely to reach much commercial traction on these shores. It opens Friday via Oscilloscope.

Set in Buenos Aires, Gabriel Medina's comedy centers on thirtysomething Luciano (Daniel Hendler), a failed screenwriter who makes a meager living performing at children's birthday parties. Unfortunately, that sideline is derailed when he accidentally shoves a door on his partner's throat.

And, as the title would suggest, he's a paranoid, especially fearful of the many sexually transmitted diseases to which he feels himself at risk.

Luciano becomes even more depressed when he learns that he's the inspiration for a hit Spanish television series created by his old friend Manuel (Walter Jakob) in which the central character is a total loser. Matters aren't helped when Manuel shows up with the news that he's about to create an Argentine version of the show. Even when he offers Luciano a job, it's done with an air of condescension.

That's about it for the story line, which wanders into romantic intrigue when Luciano develops an obsession for Manuel's beautiful girlfriend (Jazmin Stuart).

Director/co-writer Medina is unable to make us sufficiently care about his lead character despite Hendler's more than convincing performance. The film proceeds in dribs and drabs, coming to life too late in the game with a climactic sequence in which Luciano engages in a particularly sensual dance at a nightclub. Devoid of narrative tension and lacking the humor that would alleviate the essential dullness of the proceedings, "The Paranoids" has reason to be fearful, at least of critics.

[picolas]

of all reviews you've never posted for movies you chose THIS ONE???

[Stefen]

haha.

[Pas]

haha! what a jab to kal, mac!

I think the premise he describes as "dull" is pretty funny/interesting!

Kal, what's the process of having the subtitles added like?  Do they give you a transcript ahead of time or do they just add them?  Were you involved in the process?

Since that's what I do for a living I'll answer that old question! 99% of the time, the people involved in the film send us a copy of it in english or/and french (no transcript or script 99% of the time, we watch it and transcript it) and we send it back to them subtitled. We hardly ever hear back from them. So yeah, the makers of the film can be involved in the process if they choose too (like request a copy of the transcript before it's coded etc...) but they mostly don't give a shit and just do it for the law. The whole process is also pretty cheap, we mostly do TV shows and it's a little less than 100$ for a 22 minutes program for transcription and encoding (not translating, for which cost is variable)

[Kal]

Thanks Mac. We had mostly great reviews so yeah not everybody can love the movie. Could be worse.

[Pas]

when I think about Kal's life I imagine him going around tables in his chic restaurant/cabaret in a fancy part of Buenos Aires, being all gracious and a real class act to everyone. Then he goes back to his office and has some client's kneecaps busted because he looked at him wrong. It's all hapenning in the 50s.