Quid Pro Quo (2008)dir. Carlos Brooks
Mark Cuban may by as nuts and rich as the Crazy Texan on The Simpson's, but he has done quite a bit of good when it comes to independent cinema. He green lit Steven Soderbergh's experimental HDV movies as well as several other small films. Quid Pro Quo was one of those movies and even though it may not be perfect, it is a very interesting ride.
Nick Stahl plays a paraplegic radio show host who begins to investigate a subculture that wishes to be paralyzed. These people fantasize about it during secret group discussions and even have their own wheelchairs or braces to use in the privacy of their own homes. How ever odd it sounds, it is a very real condition and it's the"why" that this movie chooses to explore.
Stahl is a very good actor who gets very few roles that suit him. He's great here and plays well against the always impressive Vera Farmiga as the mysterious woman, who introduces him to this underground phenomena and has several secrets of her own.
Equal parts film noir, psychological thriller and emotional enlightenment, this may not be the second coming of independent cinema, but it is very original and well executed story. It's also incredibly short, clocking in at an hour-twenty with credits.
You can check it out on Netflix streaming, but I'd recommend seeing it on DVD since the quality of the stream tends to soften some really interesting cinematography.
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