What Doesn't Float (2023)

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What Doesn't Float is a 2023 American anthology dark comedy film directed by Luca Balser from a screenplay by Shauna Fitzgerald. It features an ensemble cast including Pauline Chalamet, Keith Poulson, Larry Fessenden, Roger Howarth, Cindy De La Cruz, Joel Nagle, Declan Eells, Joseph Longo, Chanel and Dior Umoh, Lily Sondik, Amir Royale and Alexandra Templer. The film tells seven different stories taking place in New York City.

Production

Writer Shauna Fitzgerald and producer Pauline Chalamet were at dinner, having a conversation about the weird things that make New York City "unlivable", director Luca Balser happened to pass by, and joined the conversation. The three of them realized they could make a film about their experiences living in the city.

To make the movie Balser, Chalamet, and co-producer Rachel Walden, needed an LLC for the money they used for filming. They filed the LLC in Atlanta, where Walden is from, and created Gummy Films, which started as a collective and now functions as a production and post-production company, run by them.

The film began production in 2019, and was shot "piecemeal". Chalamet's vignette was shot in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and at Floyd Bennett Field, a World War II airport turned national park. They didn't have a permit to film inside, so they were kicked out multiple times: "We were like stealing the shot, leave, steal a shot here, move, steal the shot here," Balser recalled. They also filmed around Park Slope and other parts of the city.

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