Los Angeles twentysomethings Samantha (Stephanie Bennett) and Anthony (Jeremy Guillory) have been together for seven years, and she has grown bored. Following an evening where he finds her at a party on the verge of a tryst with another woman and a man, Samantha decides to move out on her own in order to sexually find herself. She seduces a neighbor upon moving into her new place, but this is just the beginning of a string of casual encounters. As Samantha attempts to juggle her job as an
elementary school teacher with her nocturnal activities, she finds that casual sex is both the reason that she left her relationship as well as a means of coping with breaking up with a trusted friend. Obviously influenced by the Dogme 95 movement (though not adhering to all of its tenets), Henry Berrial's SOME BODY uses digital video to its advantage, creating a sense of intimacy with very personal material. Shot very convincingly in documentary style--complete with talking head interviews--the story is reportedly based on events in the life of actor and co-screenwriter Bennett, which her raw, natural performance would seem to reinforce. The film was the first feature to be shown digitally at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001.
Bennett's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any 'reality' show, and anybody contemplating their own drastic life changes should watch Some Body first.
To be influenced chiefly by humanity's greatest shame, reality shows -- reality shows for God's sake! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw.
An unremittingly ugly movie to look at, listen to, and think about, it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film.
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