Julio Torres and Tilda Swinton Spin Wackiness Into Beauty at SXSW

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When the lights went up at SXSW’s world premiere screening of Julio Torres’ directorial debut, “Problemista,” anxious viewers were already fluttering out of their seats before the post-credits applause ended.

animals for zoos, including a swan with a neck so long it has to drag its head behind it, because “beauty is a curse.” Torres has always had a knack for welcoming strangers into his oeuvre with no hesitation, andIronically, Alejandro doesn’t sport that same confidence. As an adult, he moved to New York City to try to be a toy designer, pitching Hasbro on his eccentric but inspired ideas.

The scientific logistics of cryonics don’t actually matter, but Torres’ screenplay treats all of its impossible scenarios with complete earnestness. Minute details of the everyday make far more sense to Alejandro than any of the corporate officialness of the world around him. When he screws up at the cryo company one measly time, he’s ousted immediately, threatening his work visa—and his dreams of one day creating his bizarre toys for Hasbro.

 

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colemanjspilde I mean he’s proven he can be weird, but funny? Less frequently. But rooting for this to be good

If Tilda is in it it has to be damn good!

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