“Red Knot is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat", Olivia Thirlby told Collider about her upcoming film, Red Knot. "It was a film that was improvised
and it had very interesting circumstances while making the film,
obviously.We were on a small boat bobbing around in Antarctica. It
was a really remarkable experience. The filmmaker, his name is Scott
Cohen, has taken several years to craft the footage that we shot into
the film that it is now. But it seems that it is finally coming
together and I am very excited about it. It is a very small
non-narrative drama about a young married couple going through problems
in their marriage and it takes place on a boat in Antarctica, which is
kind of remarkable.”
With so few opportunities to see the terrific Thirlby on the silver screen we should probably hold it against Cohen for taking so long completing the film, but if she's excited about it then so am I. Red Knot is on the verge of release in just a couple of weeks and now the first trailer for it has arrived. Thirlby stars alongside Mad Men's Vincent Kartheiser and Billy Campbell (Gods and Generals) in the story of a couple who see their relationship crumbling while on a cruise to Antarctica.
It's an interesting contrast considering I just saw Thirlby in 5 to 7 (review here), another relationship film about the propensity of couples to stray from spouses. Red Knot is considerably more serious on the subject, though, and combined with the gorgeous cinematography it looks like one to keep an eye out for.
Red Knot will get a limited run beginning December 5th.
