Hi everyone! The movie I wrote & directed last year is finally available for public viewing at this link: vimeo.com/879214460
OR here: youtu.be/3EYh0Ea7qaA
If you are interested and have 15 minutes to spare, I would deeply appreciate you for watching and leaving a review with your honest thoughts. As I continue with post-production on our next short, Be the Creature, all is truly encouraging and helpful.
This is a film about a creative person in conflict with her own ideas,…
I watched this because Colin Higgins wrote and directed it, and it has a lot more going on to make it enjoyable than I expected, given that Chevy Chase isn't my vibe as a comedian - he is ittedly less of a moldy cheese man here than I'm used to, and Goldie Hawn is adorable, and Higgins' script has a lot of amusing bits. There's also quite a bit of lazy-feeling humor, some of which I can ittedly ride with…
Friedkin's law enforcement films definitely have a formula he imposes onto them - which I love, especially after reading his book, as it speaks to what compelled him about the subject matter. I don't know if it was just the experience of seeing this on 35mm with a receptive crowd, but this movie feels like the pinnacle of that formula for me, with everything perfectly seasoned. The cops are as deranged as the criminals, if not moreso, and any difference…
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Pros:
- Super fun.
- A smart depiction of queer people in a rural setting.
- Heartwarming messages about how queer people can be good parents & overcoming internalized homophobia.
- Cool trans lady character complete with righteous anger.
- ABBA!
Cons:
- Trans woman played by cis man.
- Weird running joke about deadnaming the trans character.
- Exhausting racist-as-fuck subplot goes on forever.
- Too visually distinctive and fun to remake easily, forcing us to sit through the deadnaming and racism because the rest of it is actually good.
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