Part psychological thriller, part metafiction comedy, part mock-doc, The Nowhere Inn is a film that isn’t easily defined. So IFC Films has smartly decided to focus on its stars, musician Annie Clark aka St. Vincent, and her real-life pal, Carrie Brownstein. Given the success of Brownstein’s series Portlandia on the network, this new trailer is tailored exactly for that audience.
Put simply, the film centers on Brownstein and Clark’s attempts to make a documentary about the latter’s life and career. Naturally, this does not turn out well at all and more about the singer becomes public than she wanted.
Also in the cast is Dakota Johnson, but I feel like if this movie is up your alley it’s probably for Brownstein and Clark. Behind the camera is Bill Benz, the Portlandia filmmaker making his directorial debut.
The Nowhere Inn opens in theaters and VOD on September 17th.
From real-life friends, Annie Clark (a.k.a. GRAMMY award-winning recording and touring artist St. Vincent) and Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia, Sleater-Kinney, the best-selling Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl) comes the metafictional account of two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and on-stage persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within the subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project, and the duo’s creative lives. From first-time filmmaker Bill Benz (Portlandia, At Home With Amy Sedaris) comes a densely woven, laugh-out-loud funny and increasingly fractured commentary on reality, identity, and authenticity. A story of two close friends who attempt to wrestle the truth out of a complex subject before the hall of mirrors that is their artistic lives devours them.
