An American Dreamer

Traversing wistfully melodic ambient to crushing doom noise, Bryan Senti’s soundtrack for ‘American Dreamer’ forms a memorable introduction to his work, which exists in the shadows shared by Jóhann Jóhannsson’s ‘Mandy’ and classic Carpenter scores “Senti’s brilliant, powerful score to Derrick Borte’s newest picture American Dreamer, starring Jim Gaffigan. The movie - Borte’s fifth picture - is a dark and intense study of desperation and of the failings of American socio-political systems. It is masterfully led by Gaffigan, playing a ride-share driver let down by his own mistakes, trapped in an economic system with no safety net. His pursuit of a quick and easy solution to deepening financial troubles sees the movie gently, gradually shift in mood, from nuanced and sympathetic to tense and unsettling. Senti’s eloquent soundtrack matches its pace and architecture, conjuring breathtaking beauty, heartbreaking sadness and nailbiting tautness.

Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan, a dashing international spy, and wins a trip to Paris. While there, she is involved in an accident, and awakens in the hospital believing she IS Rebecca Ryan. Much craziness ensues as she meets the writer of the Rebecca Ryan books, thwarts real international spies, and eventually gets her memory back.

Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan, a dashing international spy, and wins a trip to Paris. While there, she is involved in an accident, and awakens in the hospital believing she IS Rebecca Ryan. Much craziness ensues as she meets the writer of the Rebecca Ryan books, thwarts real international spies, and eventually gets her memory back.