Queenie In Love (2001) - Amos Kollek Film

Amos Kollek

⚠ Unverified — hosted on the Internet Archive, not confirmed public domain. Opens on archive.org; nothing plays here directly.

Queenie In Love (2001) is another forgotten Amos Kollek gem. In terms of the conception of this film, Amos saw the side story involving Victor Argo & Valerie Geffner in his previous work Fast Food Fast Women (2000) and figured he could expand that story into a full-fledged feature. The late great Victor Argo was an actor in the New York scene but was relegated to supporting & small roles throughout his career. In this film, he showcased himself in one of the leads as the lovable Horace & he does a fine job (he also sings in the film). Valerie Geffner does a good job as the titular Queenie, a mischievous character who's trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. It's a shame she didn't do many movies after this because I thought she was wonderful in the film. Kollek regulars: Louise Lasser & Mark Margolis played an old couple trying to rejuvenate their marriage, but at the same time have an S/M business on the sideline. And Austin Pendleton played Argo's horny therapist, who sports a Kramer hairdo —probably the funniest character in the film. The movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001 and was nominated for a SACD Prize in the Directors' Fortnight category. Argo and Geffner would collaborate again for the final time in the short film Angela (2002), which is lost media; you can see a clip in Valerie's demo reel on YouTube. Argo would collaborate with Amos Kollek three more times in the feature Bridget (2002) & two shorts, Angela (2002) as mentioned earlier & Music (2003), before his passing in 2004. As for Geffner, she still resides in New York and works as a performance coach. Interesting factoids about Quennie: -Victor Argo starred in five other films in 2001, albeit in smaller roles (Angel Eyes, Don't Say A Word, Double Whammy, 'RXmas & The Man Who Knew Belle Starr). -Some of the cast members from this film would go on to do Bridget (2002): Victor Argo, Mark Margolis, David Wike, & Neal Jones. -Irma St. Paule appeared in this film; she appeared in Kollek's previous feature Fast Food Fast Women (2000). -One of Kollek's daughters, Abigail Kollek, appeared in the film as one of the kids in the playground; she's credited as Avigayeel Kollek. -Kris Carr, the actress who played Queenie's best friend Tzocki, was diagnosed with a rare Stage IV cancer called epithelioid hemangioendothelioma affecting her liver and her lungs. She transformed that experience into a wellness movement and founded the Inner Circle Wellness, which promotes the alkaline diet to reduce cancer risk. She later became a New York Times best-selling author of Crazy Sexy Diet, Crazy Sexy Kitchen, Crazy Sexy Juice, & others. She also directed a documentary, appeared on Oprah & has a podcast. Quite a transition lol. -The paintings in Austin Pendleton's office were done by Maria Farmer; she even gets a thank you in the credits. Most people know her for her association with the infamous Jeffrey Epstein. Knowing this makes the paintings have a creepy tone. Plot Synopsis:At 24, Queenie works with troubled children and prefers the run-down buildings of Manhattan's East Village to her parents' luxurious property in Westchester. Eccentric and always ready to play games in life, Queenie also tries, unsuccessfully, to pursue a career as an actress. Horace, a middle-aged ex cop, lives alone in the same neighborhood. His doctor has just told him that he only has a few months to live. That's when Horace meets Queenie, who, like a tornado, turns his life upside down. The film is subtitled in French. The non-profit streaming of the commercial free, quality films I have very much enjoyed and therefore uploaded to archive.org, are for educational purposes. I have uploaded each movie for posterity, with the hope that all present and future generations will learn from and enjoy them, as much as I have. I own zero rights to this film, nor to any other I have uploaded, and I receive nothing for the uploads nor for the information I put with those uploads. Although I do receive great joy from sharing these uploads with you, I have no wish to infringe on any existing copyright laws.