{"id":3775,"date":"2009-12-26T16:45:42","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T21:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2014-09-09T08:54:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:54:18","slug":"the-toe-tactic-2008-emily-hubley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/3775","title":{"rendered":"The Toe Tactic (2008, Emily Hubley)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If things could talk\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Our hero Lily Rabe, doing something quirky:<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/toetactic2.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p>Mona (Lily Rabe, a little Drew Barrymorish) is on the run from her mom, dealing with mysterious strangers and memories of her deceased father who used to play a Calvinball version of tic tac toe with her on the beach.  A boy finds her wallet, uses her cash to take piano lessons from teacher Kevin Corrigan (Jerry Rubin in <em>Steal This Movie<\/em>).  Five animated commentators (including the voice of David Cross) play a game involving the plot and props of the movie.<\/p>\n<p><em>D. London on guitar:<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/toetactic6.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p>Mona likes elevator operator Daniel London (the guy who isn&#8217;t Bonny Bill Oldham in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/241\">Old Joy<\/a><\/em>) but they have a falling-out when Jane Lynch (of <em>A Mighty Wind<\/em>, possibly my favorite performer here) spills beer on Mona.  The cartoon characters intervene, causing the woman who hired Mona (to sort through and retype mysterious papers) to have a seizure in order to reunite Mona with the elevator man and reconcile her with her mother.  Possibly.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cartoon gramma torture:<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/toetactic3.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p>A quirky indie drama, not realistic in the slightest, but the animation and the digital tomfoolery let us know that&#8217;s intentional.  Playful and childish and full of cameos (John Sayles is Mona&#8217;s landlord, Eugene Mirman is the night elevator man, Jon Benjamin is a cop, and Jon Glaser is an open-mic performer named Toooot).  The first voice we hear is Robyn Hitchcock, appropriately as a train conductor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jane Lynch (<a href=\"\/journal\/archives\/1416\">Role Models<\/a>, <a href=\"\/journal\/archives\/523\">Smiley Face<\/a>) poses next to Hubley artwork:<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/toetactic1.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p>Hubley&#8217;s first feature, very good as far as Sundancey indies go.<br \/>\nYo La Tengo provides a chill soundtrack (and connections to half the guest stars).<\/p>\n<p><em>Watercolor self-images by Jeff Scher, whose <a href=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/3714\">short films<\/a> I&#8217;ve been enjoying:<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/toetactic5.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If things could talk\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6&#8221; Our hero Lily Rabe, doing something quirky: Mona (Lily Rabe, a little Drew Barrymorish) is on the run from her mom, dealing with mysterious strangers and memories of her deceased father who used to play a Calvinball version of tic tac toe with her on the beach. 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