‘Entertainment’ Trailer: Gregg Turkington Is One Sad Comedian
By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 4, 2015 8:00 am EST
Alverson is back behind the camera again with Entertainment, and the first trailer for the indie film has just arrived, showcasing Turkington’s oddball movie about an aging comedian still struggling as a small-time performer. It’s odd and fascinating, but doesn’t look like it’s going to be everybody’s cup of tea. Watch the Entertainment trailer after the jump!
Here’s the trailer from Magnolia:
Though Turkington’s character is only known as The Comedian in the movie, he’s using his alter ego Neil Hamburger, full of “what” and “why” set-up jokes, as the character he becomes when he gets on stage at various depressing venues in the California desert. It makes for a very meta story where real life surely inspired some of the strangeness we see on the screen.
But as weird as this movie seems, it also seems to offer some stark truths about being a performer and the difficulty that comes in finding happiness when you’re not living up to the dreams that you once set for yourself. As IndieWire says in their reviews, the film “offers a fascinating look at the tension between personal aspirations and the harsh realities holding them back.”
John C. Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Michael Cera, Amy Seimetz, Lotte Verbeek and Tim Heidecker also star in Entertainment, hitting theaters and iTunes on November 13th.
