Ice Cream (1993 film)

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Ice Cream
Directed by Louis C.K.
Written byLouis C.K.
Produced byLouis C.K.
Starring Laura Kightlinger
Craig Anton
Rick Shapiro
Sheldon Wicowitz
Jim Labrioza
Mike Ivy
CinematographyPaul Koestner
Edited byLouis C.K.
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
13:09
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ice Cream is a 1993 American surrealist comedy short film written, directed, produced, and edited by Louis C.K. [1] [2] The film stars Laura Kightlinger, Craig Anton, Rick Shapiro, Sheldon Wicowitz, Jim Labrioza, and Mike Ivy. Paul Koestner, who would later work as director of photography on Louie , provided cinematography. [3]

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C.K.'s second film released to the public, it won the grand prize at the Aspen Shortsfest in 1994. [4] The film was later released as part of The Short Films of Louis C.K. and on C.K.'s personal YouTube channel. [5]

Plot

The film begins with "The Boss" by Henry Mancini, as a thief (Jim Labrioza) stealing items; the clerk (Laura Kightlinger) doesn't interfere. A man (Craig Anton) walks into the store and asks her out on a date at a restaurant called Tony's, which she accepts. At the date, he asks whether she has any siblings; she tells him she has a sibling, but doesn't answer his question if he is her elder or younger brother. While on the street, the man buys flowers from a flower vendor (Louis C.K.) and attempts to give them to her, but she awkwardly stares off into the distance.

The two have dinner at the woman's house. Her father furiously asks if the man wants to have sex with his daughter. The man says he does, but her father says he has to "marry her first". They get married and return to their apartment, where they have sex. The two have a child, and the man says they "better not do that anymore". They drop the baby off at a man's house, who finds it and brings it in.

The man's brother (Rick Shapiro) tells a story about finding a dead baby mouse in his nose. The man's wife comes into the room and asks when his brother will be leaving. The man replies by saying "Hey, he's my brother", and the brother smiles at her. At Grand Central Terminal, as the brother is about to depart, the man asks him if he had sex with his wife. He repeatedly shouts "I did!" as he walks away.

Now with another child, the couple take the baby to a magician, who makes it disappear. While in the kitchen, the woman sees a beam of light and the couple are seen with a third baby. In the next scene, the child has grown and the family are walking down a street. The child sees an electric horse and gets on it. The child, eating an ice cream, sits on the electric horse while the sound of a car hitting his parents is heard. The child isn't disconcerted by the noise, and soon after the dead bodies of the couple are shown while a mariachi band plays.

Cast

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References

  1. ↑ Blazenhoff, Rusty (19 April 2013). "Louis C.K.'s Independent Short Films (1993-1999)". Laughing Squid . Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Staff, Laughspin (27 June 2012). "Watch Louis C.K. host 'ShortCuts' from 1999 and his film 'Ice Cream'". Laughspin. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Bailey, Jason (26 April 2013). "10 Louis C.K. Movies You (Probably) Haven't Seen". Flavorwire. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Adelman, Kim (13 April 2012). "Aspen Shortsfest Turns 20: Watch 5 of the Best Films They've Ever Shown". Indiewire. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Marshall, Colin (19 April 2013). "The Surreal Short Films of Louis C.K., 1993-1999". Open Culture. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
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