| Keep It for Yourself | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Claire Denis |
| Written by | Claire Denis |
| Produced by | Philippe Carcassonne Ted Hope |
| Starring | Sophie Simon Sarina Chan Michael James |
| Cinematography | Agnès Godard |
| Edited by | Dominique Auvray |
| Music by | John Lurie |
| Production companies | Allarts Good Machine |
| Running time | 40 minutes |
| Countries | United States France Netherlands |
| Language | English |
Keep It for Yourself is a 1991 black-and-white short drama film written and directed by Claire Denis.
Plot
Sophie comes to New York from France with the intention of meeting up with a man she met a few months before. She finds herself alone in the man's apartment, and she discovers that he left town because he was scared stiff at the idea of seeing her.
Cast
- Sophie Simon
- Sarina Chan
- Michael James
- E. J. Rodriguez
- Jim Stark
- James Schamus
- Michael Stun
- Sara Driver
- Vincent Gallo
Notes
- The French director Claire Denis hired Vincent Gallo to act in several films, such as Keep It for Yourself, the made-for-TV U.S. Go Home, and its follow-up feature Nénette et Boni (1996).
- Claire Denis preferred black faces in her movies at first. "Vincent Gallo is an old face for me - the first time I shot him was 10 years ago in a short I made in New York called Keep it for Yourself".
References
- "Desire Is Violence". BFI. Archived from the original on September 10, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
External links
- Keep It for Yourself at IMDb
- Review at Gareth's Movie Diary (2008)
- "Claire Denis, a Stranger Cinema," Harvard Film Archive
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