Moody Mondays is my weekly feature were I ask a personality to pick a mood, and then choose 5 songs that put them in that mood.
This week I spoke with Kyle Patrick Alvarez, writer and director for the acclaimed film, Easier With Practice. This weekend Kyle took home the coveted Acura Someone To Watch Award from the Independent Spirit Awards in Los Angeles. He’s kind of a big deal! Sincerest congratulations Kyle!
Mood: Inspired
It’s easy to take it easy when your film just wins the CineVegas Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. Well, maybe not that easy when the film is called Easier with Practice and the plot involves a phone sex relationship gone awry. (See Easier with Practice review by Chris Gore and movie trailer.)
Relaxing in the swanky surroundings of the Palms Hotel filmmaker courtesy lounge, I found director Kyle Patrick Alvarez and his cast. Lead actors Brian Geraghty, who plays a likable and aspiring novelist in the film and Kel O’Neill who plays his a-hole brother, are getting along fabulously. All the tensions that existed between the two characters in the film are gone as the cast and director clearly became buds. Or perhaps it’s a testament to their acting and the performance in front of me in the lounge is all an act and they do really hate each other. Either way, the award-winning trio’s journey to household names begins with this revealing interview. Yes, phone sex and other types of sex will be discussed.
Davy Mitchell is on a dull road trip with his brother to promote stories from his unpublished book. Davy the writer is the intellectual who wears his heart on his sleeve. His younger brother Sean is just along for the easy girls that Davy doesn’t have the guts to bang, much less approach. When Davy receives a random phone call from a sexy-sounding woman named Nicole, the conversation quickly devolves into nasty phone sex. Both Davy and the voice on the other end finish their virgin phone call… and it’s really hot. This scene is intense (seen in one long shot does not cut) as Davy and Nicole discuss what goes where and how and what they’re touching and how that after awhile you’ll feel dirty just for listening in. Nicole continues to call Davy, at sometimes awkward times, but no matter how intimate their conversations get, she keeps her identity a secret.
