A Short History of Decay (film)

A Short History of Decay is an American comedy film written and directed by Michael Maren. It stars Bryan Greenberg, Linda Lavin, Harris Yulin, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Benjamin King and Kathleen Rose Perkins. Though its title is taken from the work of philosophy by Emil Cioran, it is not an adaptation of the book.

It is a comedy from an original script by Michael Maren, about a failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, played by Bryan Greenberg, who visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother Lavin has Alzheimers and his father Yulin has recently had a stroke.On November 19, 2012 Maren, with Cinematographer Nancy Schreiber shot the final scenes of the film in at Kos Koffe, a coffee shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn. In the scene, Bryan Greenbergs Nathan Fisher walks into the shop intending to work on his writing to win his girlfriend back. In an elaborate sight gag, reported in New York Magazine and The New York Times, Maren brought 43 New York Area writers to fill every seat in the coffee shop. Nathan Fisher looks at them with the feeling that he doesnt belong in their company. The writers included Jennifer Egan, Michael Cunningham, Philip Gourevich, Kurt Andersen, Gary Shteyngart, Darin Strauss, and Nick Flynn. ........

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