My New Gun

My New Gun is a 1992 American black comedy film directed by Stacy Cochran. It stars Diane Lane, James Le Gros, Stephen Collins, and Tess Harper, and also features an early minor role for Philip Seymour Hoffman.[1]

My New Gun
Directed byStacy Cochran
Produced byBecky Arntzen (associate producer)

Paul Colichman (executive producer)
Miles A. Copeland III (executive producer)
Lydia Dean Pilcher (co-producer)
Michael Flynn (producer)

Harold Welb (executive producer)
Written byStacy Cochran
Starring
Music byPat Irwin
CinematographyEdward Lachman
Edited byCamilla Toniolo
Distributed byIRS Media
Release date
26 October 1992
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A New Jersey doctor named Gerald buys his trophy wife, Debbie, a revolver against her wishes.[2] Trouble ensues when their eccentric slacker neighbor, Skippy, takes the gun and doesn't want to give it back. After an accident lands Gerald in the hospital, it's up to Debbie to get the gun back (and try to figure out why Skippy wanted to borrow it in the first place). But things get a little more complicated…

Cast

Production

Development

My New Gun was shot on a budget of $2.1 million, financed from IRS and Columbia-TriStar HomeVideo.[3] It was shot on location in Teaneck, New Jersey, and a townhouse was utilized for the interior of multiple homes.[3]

Reception

The film was well-received by critics, though it did not find commercial success. Terrence Rafferty of The New Yorker praised Cochran's directorial debut, writing that "The assurance she shows in handling even a brief expository scene is astonishing. [...] This film school graduate has a kind of 'technique' that can't be taught. [...] The sort of liberation that My New Gun proposes, and embodies, is the product of a true filmmaker's vision".[4]

The film was praised by another critic for its "masterfully understated structure" and eccentricities, which some considered to be influenced by Thelma and Louise or an update of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.[2]

Emanuel Levy has noted the way in which "the gifted director Stacy Cochran examines suburbia in a manner devoid of the usually nasty, mean-spirited approach to the subject", and unlike other downtown New York films, it "displays no irony or condescension; yet its quirkily laconic, minimalist perspective goes against expectations."[3]

References
  1. Oliver, David (2 February 2014). "Timeline: The life of Philip Seymour Hoffman". USA Today. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. Allon, Yoram; Cullen, Del; Patterson, Hannah (2002). Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide. Wallflower Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-903364-52-9.
  3. Levy, Emanuel (2001). Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film. NYU Press. p. 393. ISBN 978-0-8147-5124-4.
  4. Rafferty, Terence. "My New Gun". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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