A Modernica production. Produced by Mark Mathis. Executive producer, Jay Novak. Directed, written by Frank Novak.
Don - Bob Mills
Donatella - Petra Westen
Marion - Tacey Adams
Chuck - Zia
Don Jr. - Andrew Eichner
Tiffany - Maeve Kerrigan
Barry - Scooter Stephan
Joe - Al Schuermann
Mike - Jerry O'Conner
Larry - Doug Duane
Roz - Norma Barbour
An outlandish satire of white trash marital angst that is some kind of ultimate American-style marriage of small-tube "reality" programming and Dogma aesthetics, the tongue-in-cheek-titled "Good Housekeeping" is an eminently worthy winner of Slamdance's feature Grand Prize. This is a rare no-budget pic that both plays with auds and leaves a strong morning-after impression.
Camera (FotoKem color, 16mm), Alex Vendler; editor, Fritz Feick; production designer, Elizabeth Burhop; art director, Roger McCoin; set decorator, Anna-Marie Mutter; costume designer, Katie Meehan; sound (stereo), Steve Weiss; sound designer, Kirk Hewitt; supervising sound editor, Richard Burton; special effects coordinator, Ron Trost; assistant director, Andrew Miller; casting, Novak. Reviewed at the American Cinematheque, Hollywood, Feb. 17, 2000. (In Slamdance Film Festival --- competing.) Running time: 90 MIN.
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