bobogreene

Seems to be like a trend in American stuff right now. At least with the films I saw at the festival. Movies with non-actors. Some kinda realism stuff, ya know? This DEF had style and was feeling some of it. Music was pretty darn cool in spots. Some parts were "hella" slow. Some with the parents were pretty okay. but ya gotta know its a weird film. If this movie sounds like it's right up your alley, by all means go and watch it. But to me most people this movie will still be weird! No not bad, just weird!

I'm def interested in seeing this guys other films though. He has a "coolish" vibe going on.

Saw this film in Wroclaw Poland in October and it started with Cory, one of the lead characters looking directly into the camera and giving a real strange monologue about his life. Much of the film seems to deal with Cory's sexuality in a documentary kinda way. The other protagonists are an immigrant who is selling sex to make money to get back to Japan, and Cory's homophobic brother, a former military guy who's moved back to town after the war. Many nods to french new wave filmmakers, also the director uses things from actors' real lives, so we are never sure if we are watching constructed reality or director's thoughts or something different all together.

In Q and A he said that much of film was written around the actors experience, so there was a mixture of documentary and fiction overall. I found the doc stuff less interesting, still, the film has a wholly original texture, and that cannot be faked. Definitely not for everyone though.