Love Liza (2002) · Tastebuds

A Comic Tragedy

Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.

Comedy Drama suicide lovesickness drug abuse gas station sadness mother-in-law grieving widower model airplane gasoline widower glue sniffing death of wife

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Spare, contemporary, classical in form and intimate.

sparerichly built
contemporarynostalgic
classical in formformally daring
intimateepic
contemplativerelentless

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Cast

Philip Seymour HoffmanWilson Joel
Jack KehlerDenny
Sarah KoskoffMaura
Stephen TobolowskyTom Bailey
Erika AlexanderBrenda
Shannon HoltAngela Ryan from Bailey Federated
Kevin BreznahanJim
Daniel FarberHuffer Boy
Kelli GarnerHuffer Girl
Chris EllisPatriot Model Aeronautics Clerk

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Todd LouisoDirector
Gordy HoffmanScreenplay
Lisa RinzlerDirector of Photography
Jim O'RourkeOriginal Music Composer
Anne SteinEditor
KatzEditor
Jeffrey RodaProducer
Chris HanleyProducer
Fernando SulichinProducer

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