more than a typo

just a little misstep from my internet journeys yesterday:

the designated mourner is a film i have rented and rewatched every six months or so for the last few years. i do this because it’s so compelling, complicated, and affecting that i’m never really finished watching it. i learn things every time. it’s a film adaptation of the play written by wallace shawn and has no visible action. it’s three people sitting at a table, each person speaking almost exclusively into the camera. some of the themes involve class, culture, responsibility, and fascism.

anyway, i need to own it so i looked it up on amazon and found this:

now, the film i’m familiar with is that first listing, featuring mike nichols, miranda richardson and david de keyser… they look like this (and these are all shots from the film):

but, amazon has done a little dream casting, or maybe it just fell and hit its head, but it thinks that there’s another version starring jenifer lewis, joe torry and chris spencer. take a look:

see why i was so confused? i did some research and i think the second mourner listing is supposed to be for something called redrum, which makes way more sense.

you know what, though? thinking about it further, i bet jenifer lewis could pull it off…