Poster for Mitchell Lichtenstein’s TEETH

Posted by The Gomorrahizer at 8:24pm.

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A poster for Mitchell Lichtenstein‘s Teeth has been added to the official website for the movie. Teeth is scheduled to have its world première at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on January 19th; the movie has been selected to be screened in the festival’s Dramatic Competition - a division of its Independent Film Competition.

As was previously reported here on Twitch, the screenplay for Teeth was written by Lichtenstein. The movie stars Jess Weixler as Dawn, John Hensley as Brad, Josh Pais as Dr. Godfrey, Hale Appleman as Tobey Cobb, Ashley Springer as Ryan, Vivienne Benesch as Kim (Dawn’s mother), Lenny Von Dohlen as Bill (Brad’s father), Nicole Swahn as Melanie (Brad’s girlfriend), Julia Garro as Gwen (Dawn’s friend), and Adam Wagner as Phil (Dawn’s friend).

Below is a description of Teeth from the Sundance Film Festival website.

Independent filmmaking is at its most exceptional when it defies categorization, and Teeth is jaw-droppingly undefinable. The story of a Christian high school girl caught up in her school’s purity campaign - saving herself for marriage, as it were - is part horror film, part erotic/moral debate, and part outrageous assault on male vulnerability and fear.

Mitchell Lichtenstein’s extraordinary feature debut is galvanized by the vagina dentata mythology (if you don’t know what that is, Teeth will forever imprint it on your psyche). The innocent teenager, Dawn - so innocent she’s not even aware of her own basic bodily functions - discovers quite by accident that she is anatomically very unique, a state of being that is both victimizing and incredibly empowering. Her boyfriend is getting a little aggressive, and her bad brother is the poster child for immoral teenage conduct. Writer/director Lichtenstein has created a deliciously enjoyable, yet symbolic, tale that will transform even the most resistant viewer into a rapt student of ancient taboos.

With a glowing, charged performance by Jess Weixler, Teeth is the kind of metaphorical work that keeps on satisfying, playing with our fears, fantasies, and phobias to create a potent, over-the-top fable that needs to be seen to be believed.

Teeth poster (see above left - 152 KB JPEG version)
Teeth official website
Sundance Film Festival: Teeth