The trailer for Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen’s “Drive-Away Dolls” (originally titled “Drive-Away Dykes”) was released almost a month ago.
Coen and Cooke, the latter happens to be his wife, confirmed to Collider that “Drive Away Dolls” is the first of a planned “lesbian B movie trilogy.”
On Monday, a private screening for “Drive Away Dolls” occurred. "I received an anonymous email about a private screening of “Drive Away Dolls” that happened in recent months.
Based on what I’ve been told, you can tell this feels like half a Coen Brothers' tale, but not necessarily always a fault. This viewer thinks Cooke's impact on the work will drive a fascinating dialogue behind its origin and motivation.
It’s an “incredibly queer-friendly”, entertaining, and silly road trip tale with lots of boundary-pushing explicit sex. Both leads outshine the major A-list stars and Margaret Qualley in one of her best performances to date.
I need to repeat, there is a lot of explicit sex in this film. Steamy scenes. Flirting into NC-17 territory. Cooke/Coen are said to have a major obsession with the female body in this one.
Oscar Nominated Cinematographer Ari Wegner (The Power of the Dog) is lensing Coen's solo debut which is said to be a road movie in the same vein as the Joel and Ethan’s 1987 classic “Raising Arizona.”
The cast assembled for Coen’s film is great: Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Pedro Pascal, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp and Matt Damon.
Coen and Cooke initially wrote the screenplay in the mid-2000s, which was originally being sold as a “Russ Meyer-inspired romp” and was going to be directed by Allison Anders (“Gas Food Lodging”).
Given the current actors strike, I have no idea where this one lands, festival-wise, or even if its September 22nd release date gets postponed.
As expected, Snyder's latest is being torn apart by TIFF attendees. No mercy given. The film, which had its world premiere this evening, is being called by some one of the worst movies to ever premiere at the festival.