Improv?


Judging from the trailer this film looks like an improvised dialogue film, similar to those of Mike Leigh. Does anyone know if this is true? It would be really interesting to see if Dax Shepard can carry off that sort of film.

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Yes. Dax was interviewed last week on Satellite Radio, and he said he accepted the job without a script because he really wanted to work with the directors. They had an outline, but little else. They had to shoot in sequence (which is rare) because if something happened in a scene, it might not make sense with what they did before.

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It's not all that surprising if this is improvised. Katie Aselton has been in a good number of mumblecore films and is married to Mark Duplass (who directed Cyrus, The Puffy Chair, and Baghead). Also, she's the female lead on The League and that features a lot of improv as well. I have faith she'll be extremely good in it, but I'm also interested if Dax Shepard can pull the improv off.

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