The Guitar

A doomed woman discovers her creative spirit during a final fling with life in this independent drama. Melody Wilder (Saffron Burrows) is already having a bad day when she visits her doctor about a troubling lump in her throat -- her boyfriend has left her, and she's lost her job. However, this news ...more

"Still feeling crappy" is the first thing that Melody (the lithe and lean tall drink of water known as Saffron Burrows in real life) utters when asked how she feels in The Guitar, which isn't a film about a rock 'n' roll instrument. It's a morality-free urban tale about life and imminent death. To add insult to injury, Mel 's doctor (a surprise cameo by Janeane Garofalo) tells her she is suffering from a rapidly developing inoperable cancer that will take her life within the next eight ...more