Major Trigger Warning for Child SA.
What an incredible film. The writing, the direction, the imagery, the themes, the styling, the performances. This was a premise brought to life to the fullest means possible. Everything was done so intelligently. This is the kind of art that as an artist makes you ask yourself “why am I even trying?” Can we please bring back funding small budget indies???? Please? I can’t even fathom something like this getting made today. We are being ROBBED.
Pamela did her thing for sure, just wish the b-roll wasn’t her standing in the same spot the entire movie
For a nearly 3 hour movie, this was captivating the whole way through. I’m also giving it extra points for being shot in my hometown and casting regional actors who lent beautiful Southeast Louisiana accents to the film. Emma, Margret, Hong, and Willem provide compelling performances, but Jesse really shines through for me (leading actor nom performance perhaps?) I loved how all three “films” inside the film were simultaneously in conversation with one another, but didn’t overlap narratively. Overall, it…
Went and saw this a second time and actually enjoyed it a lot more than on my first watch. The little idiosyncrasies and details in this toxic trio really popped.
The script for this thing is actually really awesome. I loved the polar opposite dynamic that was developed between Art and Patrick. Art’s reliability ends up being his greatest gift and curse, with Patrick’s unpredictable passion getting him so close to what he wants, but never close enough to seal…
