Trangressive, gender-bending filmmaker, Gregg Araki‘s (“Mysterious Skin,” “The Doom Generation“) new film is a pot-smoking comedy, “Smiley Face,” that’s on the head and shoulders of lead actress, Anna Faris (the first stoner movie to star a girl?). It was originally scheduled to come out 4.20 (duuuude), but that obviously passed. The film is now set for July 27, according to EW’s summer film preview (which isn’t really online, but this Faris interview is).
Let’s face it, his films aren’t great and polarizing at best (loathsome to many), but he’s always had some choice noisy and shoe-gaze-y soundtracks, which we’ve always loved him for (and we’re likely going to do a Soundtrack Series volume on him one of these days, but not likely anytime soon. *note we will re-upload them all soon).
The trailer for “Smiley Face,” features Green Day’s “American Idiot,” Weezer’s “Hash Pipe,” and highlights an interesting cast, “The Office’s” John Krasinski and Christoper Guest troupe-member Jane Lynch (plus the not-so-interesting Danny Masterson and Adam Brody). And oh yeah, it looks terribly unfunny. Update: 11.28.07. This movie went straight to DVD. Not a total shocker.