Miles, Sig Libowitz, James Yaegashi, Dion Graham, Fernando Lpez, Brian Smiar, Paul Austin, Allie Woods Jr., John Turturro, Amy Irving, Barbara Sukowa, Rob McElhenney, Avery Glymph, Elizabeth Reaser, Deirdre Lovejoy, Barbara Andres, Willi. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing: Directed by Jill Sprecher. The bitter and sad character Alan Arkin plays is the story I was most drawn into (and maybe it's just because I liked it best, but it seemed to have the most screentime as well), but all have their considerable strengths and high points.ġ3 Conversations About One Thing is not terribly inventive narrative wise or especially new thematically, but it's a well-made introspective drama with good acting, so what's not to like? No doubt it's such a small film and being released in the summer it won't be remembered come awards season early next year, but it's definitely worth tracking down, if nothing else remembering it for a video rental somewhere later down the line. : 13 Conversations About One Thing : Matthew McConaughey, David Connolly (II), Joseph Siravo, A.D. The acting is uniformly excellent, from those four principals and the many supporting cast around them, including Amy Irving, William Wise, Frankie Faison and Barbara Sokowa. The screenplay by Sprecher and her sister Karen focuses on five seemingly disparate individuals in search of happiness whose paths intersect in ways that unexpectedly impact their lives. Each is at a point in their lives where they're forced to reexamine what their lives mean and what part chance has played in their choices. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is a 2001 American drama film directed by Jill Sprecher. The main characters whose stories we chiefly follow are played by Alan Arkin, John Turturro, Matthew McConauhey, and Clea DuVall. This is an episodic look at multiple characters, with many of the stories overlapping in one way or another, but not in any major too-neat conclusion, just the random ways people connect or at least pass by each other, especially in Manhattan where the film is set. As one cliche a character says a couple times reminds us, "Fortune smiles on some and laughs at others." The "one thing" in the title would be Fate.or chance or luck or destiny or providence, whatever you'd personally call it. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. It's an independent film playing the art house circuit that's a nice alternative to the noisy blockbusters crowding the multiplexes this summer. A graceful film which explores the obstacles to happiness faced by five contemporary individuals in New York City. I saw 13 Conversations About One Thing () today.
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