THIS bizarre art-house equiva lent of “The Bucket List” suggests that receiving a diagnosis of inoperable cancer, losing your job and being dumped by your boyfriend in the same day can be a growth experience.
Given a month or two to live, the portentously named Melody (Saffron Burrows) takes a short-term lease on a huge Manhattan loft and maxes out her credit cards for retail therapy.
She even orders in for sex, having flings with both the furniture delivery guy (Isaak de Bankhole) and the pizza girl (Paz de la Huerta), sometimes at the same time.
The title of “The Guitar” refers to Melody’s most prized new possession, a vintage red Stratocaster she uses as a vehicle for personal expression on the way to an improbably happy ending.
This unlikely – and surprisingly watchable – combination of male fantasy and female empowerment was directed by actress Amy Redford (Robert’s daughter) and written by Amos Poe.
Running time: 95 minutes. Rated R (sex, nudity, profanity). At the Sunshine, Houston Street and Second Avenue. – Lumenick