By Brendon Connelly/April 4, 2009 2:53 pm EST
The slim sliver of premise that Production Weekly could fit into their Tweet read like this:
The Duplass Bros. ensemble comedy Table 19, has been setup @foxsearchlight – about the wedding guests who get stuck at the singles table.
It’s entirely possible T.U.P.F.K.S.M will go before cameras next with Table 19 to follow, though from the vantage point that most of us have, where the view is somewhat limited, it looks equally possible that Table 19 has overtaken and will see production first. Either way – the Duplass Bros. have one film in the can, two more in the works. Good for us, good for them.
I think we can assume that Table 19 isn’t just a new name for T.U.P.F.K.S.M which is reportedly about how the Reilly character’s romance with the Tomei character is hampered by her son, the Hill character.
I have a great many issues with the style of camerawork employed by the Duplass Bros., a kind of roming semi-verite aesthetic hobbled with zooms and countless focus and exposure issues. On the other hand, they do make a lot of sensible choices in their framing and camera movement, so their films don’t exactly succeed in spite of their camerawork… just in spite of elements of their camerawork. And, strictly speaking, in spite of a few other technical nitpicks but, all the same, winning the race is winning the race no matter what hurdles have been kicked flying along the way.
