Things Behind the Sun

Things Behind the Sun (2001)

Sex, drugs and a lost soul.

A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.

Date of release
2001-10-12
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (23)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama, Music
Director
Allison Anders

Casting

Interesting facts

Things Behind the Sun is a 2001 drama film directed by Allison Anders and starring Kim Dickens and Gabriel Mann. It premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and was later aired on television by Showtime on August 18, 2001, before receiving a limited theatrical release. The film is based on an early adolescent experience of Anders'.

Production

Anders based the film on her own experience as a young girl. Anders said she had tried to deal with her rape at age twelve "in therapy, through acting out sexually, through self-medication … by every means possible, but I still was in a dark place." The film was shot on digital video. The camera used was the Sony DSR-500. This is Anders' third film to center on music industry figures, after Grace of My Heart and Sugar Town.

Rock band Sonic Youth provided the film's score. Several hits from 1960s band The Left Banke are also featured. Kristen Vigard provided Kim Dickens' singing voice.

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