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Tommy es un mecánico desempleado que pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo en un bar en una pequeña ciudad obrera. Parece que siempre está pensando: "Si tan solo X pasara, entonces podría dejar d... Leer todoTommy es un mecánico desempleado que pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo en un bar en una pequeña ciudad obrera. Parece que siempre está pensando: "Si tan solo X pasara, entonces podría dejar de beber".Tommy es un mecánico desempleado que pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo en un bar en una pequeña ciudad obrera. Parece que siempre está pensando: "Si tan solo X pasara, entonces podría dejar de beber".
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Anthony LaPaglia
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- (as Anthony Lapaglia)
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If John Cassavetes was alive, he'd have a copy of Trees Lounge in his video library. This is a story that is hard to tell, let alone find an audience. Although many can relate with the cast of lost souls hanging out at a bar most of the day, many will not admit to being somewhat connected to any of the characters. Filmed for less that 2 million, this independent, low budget, and somewhat of a masterpiece is brilliant as well as entertaining. Much of the cast has gone on to do other known films. Carol Kane, Mark Boone Junior Steve Buscemi, Bronson Dudley, Anthony LaPaglia and Steve's brother Michael Buscemi star in this Minnie and Moskowitz type story. Seymour Cassell and Mimi Rogers add their touch of magic to this story as well. A deep story with deep characters, this is a movie worth watching.
Saw this a few years ago and liked it. Steve Buscemi is a washed up, functioning alcoholic with no direction or meaning in his life beyond the next hit or the next round.
Anyone going through a crisis or trying to find direction in their life, particularly in a backwater town, will identify with Tommy. It might not be exciting or pretty, but it's not meant to be. This is a slice of life in a man whoa has lost direction and perhaps even the will to live.
It takes a certain skill to pull a film like this off - and Buscemi manages it.
Anyone going through a crisis or trying to find direction in their life, particularly in a backwater town, will identify with Tommy. It might not be exciting or pretty, but it's not meant to be. This is a slice of life in a man whoa has lost direction and perhaps even the will to live.
It takes a certain skill to pull a film like this off - and Buscemi manages it.
Whenever one thinks of Steve Buscemi the actor, one probably thinks of the line about his character in FARGO, where a girl says, "Well, he was funny looking...more than most people, even." That has more or less summed up the parts Buscemi has played throughout the years, way back to the mini-series of LONESOME DOVE. But he's got more range than that, as he showed in LIVING IN OBLIVION(1995), and this movie, which he also wrote and directed. The nice surprise is he also has the makings of a fine writer and director. There's no real plot here, which undoubtedly will throw some people(and has, if some of the comments are any indication), just observing a certain type of people(working-class and barflies) and how they live their lives. While it may drag at times, there's enough truth and detail to keep you interested. Buscemi also directs actors well; this is the film which convinced me Chloe Sevigny was for real. I understand Buscemi is making another film; I look forward to it.
Small town deadbeat Tommy, spends the majority of his time drinking at the Trees Lounge and trying to find comfort with anything in a skirt. Meanwhile his ex-best friend is with his ex-girlfriend who may or may not be carrying Tommy's child. Tommy drifts day to day before finding himself a job and a new friend.
This was Buscemi's first attempt as director and is semi-autobiographical in it's plot. Plot, however is a poor way to describe this film's story. Rather it is an amusing character piece, following Tommy through his life. Tommy is likeable but is also selfish, clueless, aimless and friendless. We like him because he has a good loser-quality to him that brings part sympathy and part empathy. During the film he hurts many through his selfish actions and his life is consistently aimless and pointless. However it still manages to be interesting because of Tommy. Even when I didn't care about him the story had enough good support characters and goings on to keep me interested.
Buscemi as actor is just as good doing a weasely version of himself but managing to keep him just likeable enough to get by. It something about the way that Tommy clearly hurts himself all the way that makes it hard to dislike him. The support cast are all very good. Junior, Kane et al do well as the various barflies while LaPaglia, Bracco, Baldwin, Imperioli, Rogers and Jackson all deliver well on their various roles. Sevingy is very good again in another sexually laced child role but I'm glad she's not been typecast too much since Kids.
Overall this is plot light but is still interesting, amusing and enjoyable. Buscemi directs with a light touch and keeps everything light until the sombre final shot.
This was Buscemi's first attempt as director and is semi-autobiographical in it's plot. Plot, however is a poor way to describe this film's story. Rather it is an amusing character piece, following Tommy through his life. Tommy is likeable but is also selfish, clueless, aimless and friendless. We like him because he has a good loser-quality to him that brings part sympathy and part empathy. During the film he hurts many through his selfish actions and his life is consistently aimless and pointless. However it still manages to be interesting because of Tommy. Even when I didn't care about him the story had enough good support characters and goings on to keep me interested.
Buscemi as actor is just as good doing a weasely version of himself but managing to keep him just likeable enough to get by. It something about the way that Tommy clearly hurts himself all the way that makes it hard to dislike him. The support cast are all very good. Junior, Kane et al do well as the various barflies while LaPaglia, Bracco, Baldwin, Imperioli, Rogers and Jackson all deliver well on their various roles. Sevingy is very good again in another sexually laced child role but I'm glad she's not been typecast too much since Kids.
Overall this is plot light but is still interesting, amusing and enjoyable. Buscemi directs with a light touch and keeps everything light until the sombre final shot.
Welcome to a place where everybody knows your name.....unfortunately. "Tree Lounge" is no "Cheers". The inhabitants are dysfunctional and the only thing they seem to have sorted in their sad lives is the location where they can get their next shot of Wild Turkey or Bud.
Nearly every character appears to be on a losing run but somehow the film is not depressing. It may be a bit slow for some but if you stick with it, it is a poignant soap opera where alcohol is the cause of the misery and not the solution.
Nearly every character appears to be on a losing run but somehow the film is not depressing. It may be a bit slow for some but if you stick with it, it is a poignant soap opera where alcohol is the cause of the misery and not the solution.
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- CuriosidadesSteve Buscemi's brother Michael Buscemi and son Lucian Buscemi appear in the film. Buscemi's father also appears as well, although he is only in the background.
- PifiasDuring the opening credits, an old man at the bar orders a large glass of liquor filled with ice. In the next shot, there's no ice in the glass. However, this is a deliberate technique by the director to indicate the passage of time at Trees Lounge.
- Banda sonoraI Understand (Just How You Feel)
Written by Mabel Wayne & Kim Gannon
Performed by The Ink Spots
Published by EMI Waterford Music, Inc., EMI U Catalog Inc. and EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Courtesy of The Everest Record Group
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Detalles
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- Presupuesto
- 1.300.000 US$ (estimación)
- Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
- 749.741 US$
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- 39.830 US$
- 13 oct 1996
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 749.741 US$
- Duración
- 1h 35min(95 min)
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1
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