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You Are Not Allowed to Watch this Film: Fireflies in the Garden Trailer

By Steven Lloyd Wilson | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (19)

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We like to argue sometimes that movies as a business have been bad for movies as art. But sometimes movies as a business doesn’t even make business sense. Fireflies in the Garden is a 2008 film that premiered at the Berlin film festival, never got distributed, and now a few folks have dug up the old trailer and it’s making the movie blogger rounds. Here’s the funny thing. It’s not just any old indie film that didn’t get distribution: it’s got a fantastic cast who if they weren’t slumming it in indie awards bait would drive the cost of the picture up to an easy $40 million just on the cast. Ryan Reynolds doing some of his serious actressing, Willem Dafoe is the cold and distant father. Julia Roberts plays Julia Roberts. Rounding it off are Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hayden Panettiere.

What word I can find about the film is not particularly positive, so it’s probably being sat on simply because it’s awards bait that isn’t going to win any awards. Of course to paraphrase Michael Scott quoting Wayne Gretzky: you sell zero tickets to the movies you don’t release.

This irritates me. I want to see this film, not because I think it’s going to be spectacular, but because they are not letting me for some reason. A movie is like a car, it starts losing value the instant it rolls off the line. Sitting on a movie gains you absolutely nothing except looking even more like an idiot when it rolls unwatched onto DVD six years later.









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Comments

Willem Dafoe and Julia Roberts appear to not age in this film.

Posted by: Matt at August 29, 2011 10:16 AM

it looked alright, until whatever indie-pop swelled and everyone started understanding...

Posted by: gp at August 29, 2011 10:21 AM

The Papyrus kills it.

Posted by: Mel C. at August 29, 2011 10:33 AM

It looks like there's half a good movie there.

Posted by: Matt at August 29, 2011 10:34 AM

I'm ok with not seeing it. Reynolds cannot carry a movie.

Posted by: logan at August 29, 2011 10:41 AM

Hate that music they play. Need MF Doom up in there. But let the film be unchained and released. Maybe, then it will show the film going public that actors don't alway NEED TO CARRY a movie.

Posted by: Mr.West at August 29, 2011 10:59 AM

If you're that desparate to watch it, you could download it from the usual websites.....

Posted by: alex the not so odd at August 29, 2011 1:20 PM

I will not see any movie with JR in it under less influence than ether.

Posted by: , at August 29, 2011 1:58 PM

But, alex, could you be a better help and provide some of us mawkish luddites some links to suit said purpose?

Posted by: Mr.West at August 29, 2011 2:00 PM

It's an ok film, I saw it on dvd a few years ago. Solid film with good performances but nothing special.
Given some of the dross they do show in the cinemas I'm surprised this hasn't been released worldwide.

Posted by: janon28 at August 29, 2011 2:01 PM

Trust me, you'll regret it. Everyone tries hard to rescue this stupid emotional clusterfuck, but in the end the viewer just doesn't care.
RR is funny exactly two times, and I have no distinct memory of him shirtless, so...
You'll regret it.

Posted by: hamster at August 29, 2011 3:39 PM

This came out in the UK a couple of years ago, it's fine, nothing special. In the end I found it's probably one of those films that is really personal to the writer but not actually that interesting or dramatic. Add it to the pile of Ryan Reynolds duds. (Good pile includes The Nines and Adventureland and.....?)

Posted by: Katie at August 29, 2011 3:48 PM

@mr west...really ? just google 'fireflies in the garden torrent' or buy it from amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fireflies-in-the-Garden-DVD/dp/B0029LHOVQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314648953&sr=8-1

Posted by: alex the not so odd at August 29, 2011 4:16 PM

Remember when Julia Roberts took a break from her career to raise her children? Good times.

Posted by: Three-nineteen at August 29, 2011 8:37 PM

Thank you Alex. Didn't mean to string you out with the request.

Posted by: Mr.West at August 30, 2011 12:17 AM

@Mr.West - Sorry mate - didn't mean it to come across that way. Was more surprised that anything else. Hope you get it working one way or the other.

Posted by: Alex the not so odd at August 30, 2011 4:58 AM

@Alex: I am a luddite, for real. I bought my first jump drive in June. As far as computers go I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind the times.

Posted by: Mr.West at August 30, 2011 2:39 PM

Just to let any of you in the area know, this will be showing in Westfield, NJ on October 11th.

Posted by: cashewdani at September 20, 2011 10:26 PM

It's funny how we adopt words and adapt our lexicon to the times. This is a very useful slant on things.

Posted by: Issac Maez at October 6, 2011 5:35 AM