Metrograph

Metrograph The Comedy

An acidic requiem for the aging North Brooklyn “hipster” of the aughts, The Comedy stars Tim Heidecker as Swanson, a thirtysomething Williamsburg wastrel killing time while waiting on his father’s death and a windfall inheritance. When passing empty days playing venomous games with his irony poisoned pals (Eric Wareheim, LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, and Heidecker’s On Cinema at the Cinema co-star Gregg Turkington) is no longer enough of a thrill, Swanson begins to take his deadpan performed provocations out into the world of working stiffs, as though daring someone to puncture his coddled confidence with a punch—boundary-pushing scenes that crackle with a sense of the potential for real danger. Join Heidecker and director Alverson for a 10th anniversary screening of their great and grating address to their generation.