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I Love You, Apple, I Love You, Orange is a 2013 American independent romantic comedy-drama film by Horam Kim. It stars Kim, Lori Anne Smithey, Stefan Griswold, and Victoria Blake. The film combines live action with stop motion animation and is considered part of the mumblecore movement.

The film premiered in New York and screened at various film festivals in the United States. In 2014 it became available on DVD via Amazon.com and for instant streaming on Indieflix.

Synopsis
Maggie (Smithey) lives alone and spends her days writing lists and talking to fruits and vegetables that have come to life. The arrival of Martin (Kim), via a blind date set up by Maggie's mother (Blake), sparks a romantic relationship that threatens the routine and quiet order of Maggie's daily life as she labors to keep Martin from discovering her inner world.

Cast

 * Lori Anne Smithey as Maggie
 * Horam Kim as Martin
 * Stefan Griswold as Orange
 * Victoria Blake as Maggie's mother

Production
The film took eight years to complete. Kim explained the reason for such as being due to a full-time job, no budget, and his proclivity for DIY. His no frills attitude toward production was shaped in part by the Dogme 95 movement. The film drew inspiration from a variety of sources including, Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Kristen Kosmas's play The Mayor of Baltimore, and the films The Hole, What Time Is It There?, Alice, The Sweet Hereafter, Punch-Drunk Love, and Brief Encounter. Real foods were used as stop-animated characters. The same ham was used for the entirety of the movie. By the end of filming, the ham was more than a year and a half old. After six months, the ham smelled awful and made handling it for animating purposes difficult.

Critical Reception
The film has received praise from critics. David Schmader of The Stranger called the movie, "a slow, scary, and surprising romance, anchored by a tough, vanity-free performance by Lori Anne Smithey." And critic Sean Kilpatrick lauded it in Hobart, calling the film, "a little poem."

I Love You, Apple, I Love You, Orange won the Bullet Award at the 2013 Columbia Gorge International Film Festival.