During an Eastern Seabaord road trip last Summer, I went to the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. I distinctly recall gazing at a large steel bird in the sculpture garden and watching; a) engagements pics of a young couple being shot and, b) taking shots of the bird without the cheesy forced pressure of a pending wedding. The bird, in all its iconoclastic glory was definitely a draw.
Fast forward a year and some change and I'm hitting pause and rewind a couple times when the same steel bird graces my screen. Tucked within the frames of the documentary, Scrap, I can't believe the bird's story which unfolds with the paralleled plot line... The cool part is that the steel creations which star in the film are just as intriguing as those whom crafted them. The film is so dynamic in that it gives the audience an insider's view in to a world that you typically never think about, and by the end of the film, actually care about... You never really think of a blacksmith or a steel scrap collector in a creative, artistic fashion. But Scrap manages to take these super utilitarian people, these super eccentric lifestyles and package them in such a way that it draws you in.
Not to mention the castle. The Colorado mountains. And the bittersweet subplot of addiction and guilt; all pinballing within one extremely endearingly dysfunctional family.
Worth exploring.
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