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CLUTCH, the movie
Mar. 18th, 2008 06:44 pmChances are, you've never heard of CLUTCH. It's a fairly obscure Canadian film made in 1998. Sure, it won a couple of awards. You've still probably never heard of it.
Unless, like me, you know that the first name showing in the opening credits was "DAVID HEWLETT".
And that's probably why you watched it.
(Some people who comment on IMDb.com apparently watched it because ExpressVu was promoting how Tom Green was in it, and were tipped into blackest angst when he was in, like, a minute of screentime. As an unnamed character. Which I thought was great, because I can't stand him.)
But there was a wonderful surprise for me, because you see, there are basically 4 protagonists, in two pairs, one of whom are together throughout the film, and one of whom actually seem to become a couple. David Hewlett is in one of these, and GORDON MICHAEL WOOLVETT is in the other.
:D :D :D :D
And they're roommates. (DH and GMW.)
( Spoilers about plot and further casting commentary under here ) Oh!
Filmmakers seem to have a contractual obligation to make David Hewlett, in whatever he's in, be:
a. wet
b. naked
c. wet and naked
d. bloody
This is an "a" and "d". He's wearing a suit and long coat throughout, even when riding a tiny bicycle up a hill. But he washes his face because he is, of course, bleeding, and we see this from below. It's a neat angle.
His uncanny ability to down an entire glass of something without stopping to breathe or gagging was, alas, not employed in this film.
Unless, like me, you know that the first name showing in the opening credits was "DAVID HEWLETT".
And that's probably why you watched it.
(Some people who comment on IMDb.com apparently watched it because ExpressVu was promoting how Tom Green was in it, and were tipped into blackest angst when he was in, like, a minute of screentime. As an unnamed character. Which I thought was great, because I can't stand him.)
But there was a wonderful surprise for me, because you see, there are basically 4 protagonists, in two pairs, one of whom are together throughout the film, and one of whom actually seem to become a couple. David Hewlett is in one of these, and GORDON MICHAEL WOOLVETT is in the other.
:D :D :D :D
And they're roommates. (DH and GMW.)
( Spoilers about plot and further casting commentary under here ) Oh!
Filmmakers seem to have a contractual obligation to make David Hewlett, in whatever he's in, be:
a. wet
b. naked
c. wet and naked
d. bloody
This is an "a" and "d". He's wearing a suit and long coat throughout, even when riding a tiny bicycle up a hill. But he washes his face because he is, of course, bleeding, and we see this from below. It's a neat angle.
His uncanny ability to down an entire glass of something without stopping to breathe or gagging was, alas, not employed in this film.
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