Female director...
Something about the fact that a woman directed this makes it just a notch cooler in my book. How many female directors have the chops to tackle a film like this that is bursting with masculinity.
I wonder how much of the strange way this thing gets under your skin has to do with this odd combination -- all the male actors, and a woman at the helm. Maybe it doesn't have anything to do with anything, but I wonder, because for me this film has something you can't put your finger on.
Anyway, major props to Antonia Bird on a very entertaining film.