Yes, the gun pointed at your face is meant to send a message, and it might be the last one you ever receive. Of course, when the trailer for Violet & Daisy opens, the sights are on James Gandolfini, so you’re probably safe for now.
The movie is high concept enough – two young girls kill people for a living but are confronted by an unusual target that changes them – but after watching the trailer, it’s difficult to understand exactly what the hell is going on. Flight attendant-laden dream sequences, studies on friendship and Danny Trejo in a vest punctuate the Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel-starring flick.
The production also has a strange history. Geoffrey Fletcher made this his directorial debut after his big Oscar win as the writer of Precious, it scored praise at TIFF in 2011 along with some profiles, but is just now finding distribution in the States from Cinedigm. Sometimes that speaks to quality, but it seems more likely in this case that traditional distribution channels just didn’t know what to do with this thing. Defying categorization usually isn’t good for the advertising team.
Check it out the trailer for yourself:
It looks absolutely intriguing. Bledel’s line readings feel super flat, but that can also be the way the trailer’s cut together. Otherwise, it seems clear that an original voice is emerging here – a new voice that already earned an Oscar.
Violet & Daisy hits theaters in July.
