OK firstly I have to admit I have seen very few independent films in my life. The Virgin Suicides being the only one I really remember and it had enough star power to make it feel a bit more than independent.
I had remembered writer/director Jason Armstrong talking about this film that he had been working on, so when a request was sent for people to view it and write a review I thought why not. I wasn't sure what to think going into it, was this going to be a gore fest? was this going to be boring? What I saw surprised me.
The story revolves around a group of independent film makers, an avant-garde director Brody, his second in command Arkham, his muse Ronnie, and Jagt who I honestly don't know what his role was; (he seemed like the frat boy type guy who was also the moral compass of all the characters.) The film opens with an introduction to some of Brody's work. It was shown on an old-school TV much like the ones we had growing up. The film then moves to a party celebrating the success of the team's last film. At this point I still wasn't sure what to think.
The team sat down(if I had any complaint about this film it was the camera movement in this scene as the camera circles the group for the entire conversation, really it jut made me a bit dizzy) Ronnie pitched a new film Idea based on a story she heard about a guy who had issues with alcohol, his marriage and himself was trapped in a collapsed barn and did a lot of self reflection. The film idea was then to place subjects in a room for 48 hours and film it, then paying them $10,000. The catch was the subjects needed to be weak enough or have enough demons to crack. This appealed to my psychology wired brain. But I didn't know how they would pull it off. The film took place over a number of days as each subject was alone in a room, and the film makers would ask questions of the subjects. As expected all of them cracked, but during this entire filming the film makers were challenged by their own past.
I don't want to give anything away here as a spoiler, I suggest people give this film a watch as it takes the viewer on a roller coaster of emotions as the dynamics of the characters are not the same from one person to another. Excellent cast, very well done, I hope this movie does well.
I had remembered writer/director Jason Armstrong talking about this film that he had been working on, so when a request was sent for people to view it and write a review I thought why not. I wasn't sure what to think going into it, was this going to be a gore fest? was this going to be boring? What I saw surprised me.
The story revolves around a group of independent film makers, an avant-garde director Brody, his second in command Arkham, his muse Ronnie, and Jagt who I honestly don't know what his role was; (he seemed like the frat boy type guy who was also the moral compass of all the characters.) The film opens with an introduction to some of Brody's work. It was shown on an old-school TV much like the ones we had growing up. The film then moves to a party celebrating the success of the team's last film. At this point I still wasn't sure what to think.
The team sat down(if I had any complaint about this film it was the camera movement in this scene as the camera circles the group for the entire conversation, really it jut made me a bit dizzy) Ronnie pitched a new film Idea based on a story she heard about a guy who had issues with alcohol, his marriage and himself was trapped in a collapsed barn and did a lot of self reflection. The film idea was then to place subjects in a room for 48 hours and film it, then paying them $10,000. The catch was the subjects needed to be weak enough or have enough demons to crack. This appealed to my psychology wired brain. But I didn't know how they would pull it off. The film took place over a number of days as each subject was alone in a room, and the film makers would ask questions of the subjects. As expected all of them cracked, but during this entire filming the film makers were challenged by their own past.
I don't want to give anything away here as a spoiler, I suggest people give this film a watch as it takes the viewer on a roller coaster of emotions as the dynamics of the characters are not the same from one person to another. Excellent cast, very well done, I hope this movie does well.