Love Liza

(Todd Louiso, US 2002, 90 min., 35mm)

Philip Seymour Hoffman is Wilson Joel, a man paralyzed by his wife’s suicide. With the discovery of an unopened lost suicide note, Wilson slips into a deep depression bent on repressing his emotions and expanding his addiction to huffing gasoline. When a coworker notices the smell in his apartment, he explains it away as a consequence of his new hobby: model planes—sending him down an ever-expanding road of lies and awkwardness. The darkest of dark comedies written by Phil’s brother, Gordy Hoffman, Love Liza dares to dig at the existential questions that take on an absurdity all their own.

Supported by James Declan Tobin on behalf of the Sumner Roy Kates Charitable Trust.