The Brass Teapot

A pretty pair of innocent young marrieds getting rich quick by mutilating themselves and one another. It's a boldly insane premise, and bound to raise a few eyebrows. But the makers of this movie appear to be courting controversy especially with the Holocaust angle and the casting of a lead actress so young she looks more pouty daughter than stoic wife. So the thing which I found most unsettling about the trailer for "The Brass Teapot" was that it was not brassy enough. It begins in the cheekily minor key of a dark comedy, but shifts to uptempo morality. If even the trailer seeks to teach us a lesson, we can expect a full blown lecture from the feature film (and nobody ever wants a lecture). And what exactly are we being warned against here? That obtaining a little money is a gateway drug for desiring a lot of money? That greed can be damaging to our personal relationships and integrity? That materialism can cause us to forget what matters most? Consider us warned. If we have not yet accepted these truths, I doubt a fable as outlandish as this one is going to drive the point home. I am hoping that the trailer is misleading, and that "The Brass Teapot" is in fact the out-and-proud morally bankrupts gorey id-fest it wants to be.