Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 film scripted and directed by John Krasinski, based on a short story collection of the same name by David Foster Wallace. It is a darkly funny and disturbing exploration of men and their complex relationships with women.
Sara Quinn, played by actress Julianne Nicholson, is interviewing men as part of her graduate studies. Her intellectual endeavor has emotional consequences as the men’s twisted and revealing stories are juxtaposed against the backdrop of her own experience. As she begins to listen closely to the men around her, Sara must ultimately reconcile herself to the darkness that lies below the surface of human interactions. The film was filmed in the winter of 2006. It was selected for the US Dramatic Competition in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Plot: After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university Sara Quinn is left looking for answers as to what went wrong. Directing all her energies into her anthropological dissertation, Sara conducts a series of interviews with men in an effort to uncover the secret thoughts that drive their behavior. She thinks she can remedy both her heartache and her academic challenges with a new research project and begins conducting a series of interviews with men. As she records the astonishing and disquieting experiences of various subjects, Sara discovers much more about men and herself than she bargained for.
Cast
* Julianne Nicholson – Sara Quinn
* Ben Shenkman – Subject #14
* Timothy Hutton – Professor Adams / Subject #30
* Michael Cerveris – Subject #15
* Corey Stoll – Subject #51
* Chris Messina – Subject #19
* Max Minghella – Kevin / Subject #28
* Lou Taylor Pucci – Evan / Subject #28
* Will Arnett – Subject #11
* John Krasinski – Ryan / Subject #20
* Will Forte – Subject #72
* Joey Slotnick – Tad / Subject #59
* Dominic Cooper – Daniel / Subject #46
* Benjamin Gibbard – Harry / Subject #20
* Bobby Cannavale – Subject #40
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