Episode 1 The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks: I Pulled A Polanski
After mistakenly sleeping with a 17-year old girl, Arthur struggles to keep the affair hidden from his girlfriend. He is also in production on his most ambitious play.
After mistakenly sleeping with a 17-year old girl, Arthur struggles to keep the affair hidden from his girlfriend. He is also in production on his most ambitious play.
Arthur is dating the lead actress in his play. Unfortunately, she’s a complete hysteric. When she gets laryngitis, the two are happier than ever… until she gets her voice back.
As opening night approaches, Arthur finds himself in unchartered territories… his girlfriend refuses to sleep with him. He’s faced with the old adage: Love or sex?
Writer / Director Peter Glanz and the cast of The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks share their insights into the web of relationships and character deficiencies that come to the fore in episode 1, “I Pulled a Polanski”.
Go inside the casting process and see the audition that demonstrated that Cornelia Klein had the acting chops to pull off the part of Abigail.
Writer / Director Peter Glanz and the cast of The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks shed light on the importance of Cornelia’s character and Chandler’s insecurities as the opening night for Arthur’s play approaches in episode 2, “Silent Treatment”.
Cornelia is as over-the-top an actress as you can get. Laura Clery analyses her character’s psychoses, why she is fascinated with Arthur, and how difficult it is for her to contain her emotions.
Arthur’s story comes full circle in episode 3, “The Latent Existentialist”. Writer / Director Peter Glanz and the cast of The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks dive into the lessons learned and where this leaves Arthur and his trivial pursuits.