I'm reminded of the films of William Haines c.1930 like "Speedway," "The Girl Said No" and "Just a Gigolo." In these movies the boy won over the girl mainly by stalking and annoying her. I wonder if generations of men were influenced by this genre to pursue women by being obnoxious.
In modern times, Henry Jaglom is an auteur who plays himself being obnoxious.
Auteur Schaeffer is extremely annoying in this film as he pursues "yoga girl." He interrupts her class twice to make his pitch. Instead of getting a restraining order, she seems to find this charming. Only in the movies.
After I saw "They're," I looked up my review on "My Life's in Turnaround," Schaeffer & Ward's first film. I had the same reaction: Effective dry humor, but some scenes go on too long.
They're Out of the Business
2011
Action / Comedy
They're Out of the Business
2011
Action / Comedy
5.6Plot summary
A decade and a half after their seminal indie film launched meteoric filmmaking careers, Splick and Jason find themselves staring at their own individual, pre-midlife crises. Having not spoken to one another since a late-nineties falling out, they're each grappling with the challenges of stalled careers and relationships, as the hands of time creep ominously past forty-o'clock. Splick's most recent TV show, centered around his character's perverse relationship with dessert foods, is unceremoniously cancelled by the network, forcing a return to his childhood bedroom at his mother's apartment in New York. Frustrated by a barrage of comments about the "good," "funny," movies he used to make with his old partner, Jason, Splick determines to seek him out and attempt a reunion.
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