Rebecca Pidgeon in State and Main (2000)

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The intersection of Hollywood and Small Town U.S.A. is an accident waiting to happen at State and Main (2000). Writer/director David Mamet’s motor-mouthed making-of-a-movie movie documents the collision of big-city arrogance, semi-rural opportunism, degenerate sensualism, Puritan morality, high art, and low motives in an absurdist-realist rush of clashing egos and cultures that is like Green Acres being invaded by Project Greenlight. State and Main dares to ask the question: “Is the sight of a big-screen thespian’s breasts truly worth an extra $800 thousand on her fee?” The answer is left to the discretion of the viewer.