Childstar

Amazon.com Billed as an eccentric, funny film, this award-winning Canadian import from director/actor Don McKellar (eXistanZ, The Red Violin) is more drama than comedy; a multi-layered, provocative satire of the movie industry and its self-serving exploitation of child celebrities. Childstar is the story of Taylor Brandon Burns (Mark Rendall), a spoiled 12-year-old American megastar and his self-absorbed mother, Suzanne (Jennifer Jason Leigh), together in Canada while Taylor films a big budget movie. Shockingly insolent on the exterior, Taylor struggles with conflicting emotions of anger and apathy and, at the point of despair, runs away with a prostitute. Enter Rick Schiller (Don McKellar), a hapless indie filmmaker picking up a paycheck as Taylor's limo-driver who is now enlisted to find the boy before he destroys himself. With camera in hand, Rick can't help but see Taylor's life as a movie while he attempts to engage Taylor as a friend. Perhaps intentionally, this movie-about-a-movie-about-a-movie eschews a single raison d'être in favor of many. At times wry, it is also a sobering statement on America's celebrity culture. Most notable is the film's cinematography--artsy, innovative, and, at times, disturbing. With standout performances by McKellar and Leigh, viewers can't miss the message on child stars explicit in the script: "When they hit puberty, we chew them up and spit them out; they spend the rest of their lives entertaining us in the tabloids." Rated R for extreme language and sexual content. --Lynn Gibson Product Description TAYLOR BRANDON BURNS, A CONFLICTED 12 YEAR OLD TV STAR FRON THE U.S., RUNS AWAY FROM THE SET & HIS PROBLEMS WHILE SHOOTING A BIG-BUDGET FILM IN CANADA. HIS RELUCTANT LIMO DRIVER, RICK SCHILLER, A DOWN-ON-HIS-LUCK UNDIE FILMMAKER IS ENLISTED TO FIND TAYLOR BEFORE THE CHILDSTAR DESTROYS HIMSELF.
ASIN: B0009WPL5I
VSKU: HBSV.B0009WPL5I.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Adams, Kristin|Bellows, Gil|Fehr, Brendan|Fichman, Niv|Fodor, Victoria|Foley, Dave|Goltz, Johnny|Jenkins, Noam|Kitchen, Mary|Leigh, Jennifer Jason|McKellar, Don|Murphy, Michael|Paige, Peter|Proctor, Toby|Rendall, Mark|Samuels, Stefanie|Stoltz, Eric|Thicke, Alan|Watts, Matt|Wright, Tracy
Binding: Dvd
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Condition Notes: Dvd comes in original case and case has original artwork. Disc may have some minor scratches but is in good condition.Case may have some general wear. Be sure check out thousands of our other dvds on this platform.