Kind of minor and obscure, but I just saw Cam Archer's brilliant new film "Shit Year" (trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBw1PFjKnrs) about a retired movie star coming to terms with her new life. There's one part in the film where Colleen West (Ellen Barkin's character) keeps whispering "dear darkness" and another where she hugs her lover and says "all of my being is now in pining." And then I came across this quote from an interview with Archer (
http://www.indiewire.com/article/2011/09/22/cam_archer_interview#):
Quote:
Where did the inspiration for “Shit Year” and Colleen West come from?
“Stardust Memories” and “Another Woman,” both by Woody Allen, were influential. I never get sick of either one. I also love “Judy Berlin.” Philip Roth’s Exit Ghost had an impact on me, PJ Harvey’s “White Chalk” tore me apart and Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” made me want to be a better writer. With each new project, I pull from many different sources. We have access to so much these days, maybe too much, but if you focus on just a few things, your brain can actually focus. I take and learn until I have just enough to build my own world.
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