I ended up watching this really segmented on Amazon to make the film last longer. You know, when you have something that's really great and want to ration in order to increase your net pleasure? That was what I experienced. Beautiful cinematography, wonderful acting. It felt like a documentary of my experience living in L.A. back in the day. I'm not model material, but neither is the protagonist (as the viewer comes to find out). I never knew what modeling was really like, so I think this does give an accurate portrayal of all the difficulties and lies in the industry, which I really enjoyed. I love revelation films. Bonus: you might laugh a lot. It's really great. Oddly, this film resonated with my male friends, but made my female friends uncomfortable. Why? I don't know. Anyway, I thought this was excellent and would highly recommend to anyone interested in current American independent cinema.
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3 Reviews
The Happy Film
(2016)
Wasn't a great film. Wasn't a good film. It was bad.
19 October 2017
I thought this was a self-involved navel-gazing atrocity. I'm not even trying to be mean, just realistic. You cannot make a film about the self like this. Considering they're a design firm, their transitions are nice, however, this doesn't warrant making a movie. Graphic design doesn't translate to cinema. He just seems like a serial womanizer with unrealistic expectations. This could have been reduced to a good short on YouTube. He's pretty affluent and has nothing at all to be sad about. Champagne problems. The only place I can really see this being seriously screened is in a dentist's waiting room.
Death Note
(I) (2017)
Okay, but not wonderful
19 October 2017
What I was most surprised to see in this film was a casting of an Eliot Lipp Doppelgaenger. It was bizarre. For the first 15 minutes of the film I was sure the protagonist was either him or an unspoken of brother. But, I digress...the film would be fantastic if the anime didn't exist. The anime, both drawn and animated, had a much more interesting villain and antagonist. The falling of the Seattle great wheel was terribly unrealistic and unnecessary to include. I didn't find that part enjoyable, and felt myself turning away from the screen from nausea.
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