This film was called in Italy "Hollywood Vermont", normally Italian do not translate properly foreign films but I think in this case, the non original title is better than the original one: The State and Main.
A Hollywood crew go to Vermont (a small American town) in order to shot a film about an "old mill" which was supposed to be there but they realised that is completely ruined. This changes dramatically the original shot scheduling and obliges everyone to spend much more time in town and to modify the story accordingly. Modifying the story time passes and people town lives are modified as well by the "giant-state" represented by Hollywood and its array. A film in a film, starting from Francois Truffaut up to know, this is a very brilliant film with characters exchanging their life and giving a "breathe" and a reason to live to the "nothing happens" town: Vermont. Different stories link to each other in a perfect and funny puzzle, as some Robert Altman's films. At the end the lesson is quite simple but realistic: is something has to happen will certainly happens, film will be shot and all obstacles will be overcome and at the end there is a real "happy ending".
Rating: 7/10
A Hollywood crew go to Vermont (a small American town) in order to shot a film about an "old mill" which was supposed to be there but they realised that is completely ruined. This changes dramatically the original shot scheduling and obliges everyone to spend much more time in town and to modify the story accordingly. Modifying the story time passes and people town lives are modified as well by the "giant-state" represented by Hollywood and its array. A film in a film, starting from Francois Truffaut up to know, this is a very brilliant film with characters exchanging their life and giving a "breathe" and a reason to live to the "nothing happens" town: Vermont. Different stories link to each other in a perfect and funny puzzle, as some Robert Altman's films. At the end the lesson is quite simple but realistic: is something has to happen will certainly happens, film will be shot and all obstacles will be overcome and at the end there is a real "happy ending".
Rating: 7/10