Caitlin Plays Herself

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Caitlin Plays Herself
Directed by Joe Swanberg
Written by
  • Caitlin Stainken
  • Joe Swanberg
Produced byJoe Swanberg
Starring
  • Caitlin Stainken
  • Joe Swanberg
Cinematography
Edited byJoe Swanberg
Music byKeith Ruggiero
Production
company
Swanberry Productions
Release date
  • July 18, 2011 (2011-07-18)(NHFF)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Caitlin Plays Herself is a 2011 American drama film directed and produced by Joe Swanberg, written by Caitlin Stainken and Swanberg, and starring Stainken and Swanberg. Swanberg and Stainken, a performance artist with the Neo-Futurists, play fictionalized versions of themselves.

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Plot

Caitlin, a socially-conscious performance artist, encounters difficulties when her boyfriend, Joe, objects to the nudity in her art.

Cast

Release

Caitlin Plays Herself premiered at the New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław, Poland, on July 18, 2011. [1] Its North American premiere was in Brooklyn, New York, on December 2, 2011. [2]

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes has cataloged three negative reviews and one positive. [3] Ronnie Scheib of Variety called it "an American Vivre sa vie without the passion, drama or gorgeous imagery". [4] Paul Brunick of The New York Times wrote that Swanberg's biggest talent is his ability to get actresses to strip naked. [5] Nick Pinkerton of The Village Voice wrote, "It is possible that one of Swanberg’s movies is not a complete waste of time, but Caitlin Plays Herself, written in collaboration with its starlet, Caitlin Stainkin, is not the one." [6] Jaime N. Christley of Slant Magazine rated it 3/4 stars and compared it to Tsai Ming-liang's What Time Is It There? . [7]

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References

  1. "Caitlin Plays Herself". New Horizons Film Festival . Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  2. Macauly, Scott (2011-12-02). "SWANBERG'S LATEST AT reRUN TONIGHT". Filmmaker . Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  3. "Rotten Tomatoes - Caitlin Plays Herself".
  4. Scheib, Ronnie (2011-12-01). "Review: 'Caitlin Plays Herself'". Variety . Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  5. Brunick, Paul (2011-12-05). "Exposing Self (and Skin)". The New York Times . Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  6. Pinkerton, Nick (2011-11-30). "Caitlin Plays Herself". The Village Voice . Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  7. Christley, Jaime N. (2011-11-30). "Caitlin Plays Herself". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 2015-08-15.