''Another Girl Another Planet'' is a 1992 film written and directed by

Michael Almereyda Michael Almereyda (born April 7, 1960) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Early work Almereyda studied art history at Harvard but dropped out after three years to pursue filmmaking. He acquired a Hollywood agent on ...

. The film is notable for being shot on a

Fisher-Price Fisher-Price is an American company that produces educational toys for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, headquartered in East Aurora, New York, East Aurora, New York (state), New York. The company was founded in 1930 during the Great Depressio ...

PXL 2000 children's camera.

Premise

A romantic drama about Bill, who struggles to find a lasting relationship and meaningful connection through a succession of women, who have all been touched in some form by the death of someone in their lives.

Cast

Barry Del Sherman Barry Del Sherman (born November 10, 1962) is an American stage, film, and television actor. Career Sherman is known for roles in such films as Clive Barker's ''Lord of Illusions''; Brad Dupree, the executive who fires Lester Burnham (Kevin Spa ...

as Bill (credited as Barry Sherman) *

Isabel Gillies Isabel Boyer Gillies (born February 9, 1970) is an American author and actress. She played Kathy Stabler, Elliot Stabler's wife in '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. Her memoir ''Happens Every Day'' was a ''New York Times'' bestseller, and h ...

as Finley *

Bob Gosse Bob Gosse (born January 9, 1963) is an American film producer, film director and actor. Background Gosse was born on Long Island, New York (state), New York. Gosse attended State University of New York at Purchase, SUNY Purchase where he woul ...

as Man in Bar *

Elina Löwensohn Elina Löwensohn (born 11 July 1966) is a Romanian-American actress. She had roles in the films ''Simple Men'' (1992), ''Schindler's List'' (1993), ''Amateur'' (1994), '' Nadja'' (1994) and '' The Wisdom of Crocodiles'' (1998). Life and career L ...

as Mia *

Paula Malcomson Paula Malcomson (born 1 June 1970) is a Northern Irish actress. She is sometimes credited as Paula Williams. She is known as Trixie in ''Deadwood'' (2004-2006), Maureen Ashby in ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2010), and as Abby Donovan in ''Ray Donovan'' ...

as Bartender *Lisa Perisot as Prudence *Nic Ratner as Nic *Tom Roma as Man in Bar *Maggie Rush as Trish *Mary B. Ward as Ramona

Critical reception

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of ''

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'' wrote "Michael Almereyda's 56-minute 'Another Girl, Another Planet' is something else entirely. It's as American as the East Village walk-up in which it was made, and as comically angst-ridden and gray as its images. 'Another Girl, Another Planet' was initially shot on a Fisher-Price Pixel toy video camera, then transferred to 16-millimeter film." The

National Society of Film Critics The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) is an American film critic organization. The organization is known for its highbrow tastes, and its annual awards are one of the most prestigious film critics awards in the United States. In January 2014, ...

gave the film a special citation in its 1992 awards for "expanding the possibilities of experimental filmmaking, including the use of a

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toy camcorder."

References

External links

*
Interview with Michael Almereyda
about the film

by

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1992 films 1992 independent films Films directed by Michael Almereyda American independent films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{1990s-US-film-stub