It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.
It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. is a 2007 American independent drama film directed by David Brothers and Crispin Glover. It was written by and stars Steven C. Stewart. It also stars Margit Carstensen.
It Is Fine is the second in a planned trilogy of films directed by Glover, with the other two entries being What Is It? and It Is Mine.
Synopsis
A psycho-sexual, fantastical retelling of the life of a man with cerebral palsy and a fetish for girls with long hair.Cast
- Steven C. Stewart as Paul Baker
- Margit Carstensen as Linda Barnes
- Carrie Szlasa as Karma Barnes
- Jami Ferrell as Julie
- April Hoglund as Girl in Nursing Home
- Anna Stave as Girl in Street
- Lauren German as Ruth
- Billy Stockholm as Nursing Home Roommate
- Curtis James as Detective #1
- Tony Larmier as Detective #2
- Tahir Kljucanin as Beauty Shop Hairdresser
- Bruce Glover as The Ex
- Betty Glover as Mrs. Hancock - The Boss
Production
The film was completely funded by Crispin Glover, through his production company Volcanic Eruptions, using his salary from acting in Charlie's Angels and other films. It was written by and stars Utah writer-actor Steven C. Stewart, who also appears in What Is It?. Glover and co-director and production designer David Brothers were working on an eventually unfinished project together in the late 1980s when Brothers passed Stewart's screenplay on to Glover, which the two committed to directing together with Stewart in the lead role.Although still in the midst of post-production of What Is It?, Glover started shooting It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. in 2001 due to Stewart's declining health making it apparent he did not have long left to live. The film was shot intermittently over six months. Stewart died of complications from cerebral palsy only one month after principal filming wrapped.
Glover has said that Stewart's script was in the style of a 1970s made-for-TV movie, and has said that "It's an autobiographical, psychosexual, fantastical retelling of point-of-view of life." Apart from the opening and closing scenes that were filmed in a nursing home, It is Fine. Everything is Fine! was shot entirely at David Brothers's sound stage in Salt Lake City, Utah. It Is Fine! Everything is Fine. was shot on 16 mm film stock and is usually projected on a 35 mm film print. Glover has stated that it is "probably the best film ever work on in entire career."