Matinée (2009)

Director:

Jennifer Lyon Bell

Writer:

Jennifer Lyon Bell (written by)

Release Date:

February 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Drama

Tagline:

How far would you go for the sake of art?

Plot:

Hoping to inject creativity into their onstage performance, a reserved actress and her co-star consider improvising their love scene.

Plot Keywords:

Stage | Creativity | Audience | Play | Experimental

Cast

Alicia Whitsover	...	Mariah Carr
Steven McAlistair	...	Daniel Kincaid
Teri Vakaki	...	Stephie
Sandy Pieters	...	Suzanne
Nicole Mischler	...	Katja
Thomas Lundy	...	Stage manager
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emma Stuart	...	Talent agent
Sarah Taylor	...	Danielle

Directed by
Jennifer Lyon Bell

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jennifer Lyon Bell		written by

Produced by
Jo Simpson	....	associate producer
Cheryl Warbrook	....	producer

Original Music by
The Unsayable		(original music composed by)

Cinematography by
Bastiaan Brons
Patriez Van Der Wens
Patriez van der Wens

Film Editing by
Stephan Brenninkmeijer

Casting by
Jennifer Lyon Bell

Art Direction by
Attila Kiraly

Costume Design by
Lisa Houweling

Makeup Department
Chris Brinkhof	....	hair stylist
Ingeborg Schiphout	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
René Jonkers	....	assistant director

Art Department
Otto Berchem	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Bart Jilesen	....	audio post-production
Bart Jilesen	....	sound mixer
Bart Jilesen	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ronald van der Spek	....	boom operator
Ronald van der Spek	....	sound recordist
Jasper van Deelen	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jasper Van Deelen	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Stephan Brenninkmeijer	....	b-camera operator
Gabriëlle Hengeveld	....	stills photographer
Joshua L'Hiver	....	assistant camera
Tom Northam	....	gaffer
Erik van den Boom	....	stills photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lise Houweling	....	costumer

Other crew
Lucy Newman	....	production assistant

Thanks
Nicolas Barbano	....	special thanks
J.X. Bell	....	special thanks
Massimo Benvegnu	....	special thanks
Stephan Brenninkmeijer	....	very special thanks
Claire Finn	....	special thanks
Jeffre Jackson	....	very special thanks
Donna Lamar	....	special thanks
Bas Morsch	....	special thanks
Anna Span	....	special thanks
Mandra Ursulov Waback	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Blue Artichoke Films

Runtime:

34 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:Refused Classification (film festival rating)

Company:

Blue Artichoke Films

Trivia:

Actor Steven McAlistair didn't originally plan to audition for Matinée, but - in a classic "discovered" story - came to keep an actor friend company when the friend auditioned. A trained ballet dancer, Steve did not think of himself as an actor. Once at the audition, however, he read through the script and thought the lead character of Daniel might be right for him. He decided to give it a try, and after meeting with director Jennifer personally and going through the multi-stage audition process, ended up walking away with the lead role.

Great movie!

I don't usually watch erotic film, but this was recommended to me as a balanced interesting movie that was also erotic, and it was terrific. There is a real plot, realistic couple and that made the erotic parts all the more meaningful. I also liked the fact that these actors were interested in the film and the nudity/sexuality part came as a natural outcome, not the other way around.

I can imagine that dudes who watch regular "porn" might not like it as much because there is an actual story leading up to the "porn" part,and the erotic scenes are meant to add depth to the story and also extra pleasure, rather than the usual goal of pornographic movies. For those of us who want something more sensitive to relationship and to the woman's perspective, this film was great.