Delirious

Plot Summary

Written and Directed by Tom DiCillo comes an Independent off beat Drama-Comedy, Delirious, which will premiere in theatres in mid-August in New York, followed by Chicago and LA. The plot follows a minor celebrity photographer Les Galantine (Steve Buscemi) has big dreams, but he can’t quite talk himself into the right parties to get that one great exclusive photo. He meets Toby Grace (Michael Pitt), a homeless kid who is drawn to the bright lights of New York City with a desire to one day achieve stardom himself, and hires him as his assistant. Alison Lohman also stars as Toby’s love interest as a pop musician, K'Harma Leeds, alongside a guest appearance by Gina Gershon.

The last we saw of Tom DiCillo (Double Whammy, Living in Oblivion) and Steve Buscemi (Armageddon, Con air) was on the set of Double Whammy (2001) when they collaborated to form a rather mediocre film along with the infamous Dennis Leary. This time around, with the introduction of Michael Pitt (Bully, The Dreamers) and Alison Lohman (White Oleander, Matchstick Men) along with a cameo by Elvis Costello (Cold Mountain, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me), who also provides some of the music for the soundtrack, DiCillo, a former Sundance winner, is surely here to make his mark. Delirious has already won awards at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for Best Director and Best Screenplay and is currently sweeping audiences of their feet at The Sundance Film Festival.

Delirious explores the theme of dating/exploring the celebrity lifestyle, which has been around in Hollywood for a while, from movies like, Paparazzi (1998/I) to Being John Malkovich (1999) and Almost Famous (2000) among many others. This film promises to deliver the glamour of the shallow celebrity lifestyle in contrast with another prominent theme of the irony that separates appearance vs. reality in Hollywood. The soundtrack shows potential with most of the music delivered by Elvis Costello himself.

In conclusion, be stoked for delirious because it promises to be hilarious but with a little twist! I recommend you check this movie out as soon as it hits theatres near you in New York City (August 15th, 2007), Los Angeles (August 17th, 2007) and Chicago (August 31st, 2007) just to name a few. Some promotional videos/website should keep you Delirious for a while.

The official Delirious website: www.deliriousthemovie.com

NEW* official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYxHfD77kTs

Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/deliriousthemovie

Reviewed by: Kunal Gulati (kgulati@uwo.ca)