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By Appointment Only
SCREENER/APPROX. 20 MINS/2007/USA UNRATED
SCREENER/APPROX. 20 MINS/2007/USA UNRATED
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Oh brother…
Brief film, brief review: girl wants to se a house for sale out in the boondocks. Her car breaks down near a road-side diner, and the waitress
suggests that the girl get a lift with local fella Lyle (who incidentally hates the place and wants to get out of there), and the whole thing unfolds
with a tedious inevitability. Girl + guy in lonely place = a whole mess of trouble.
There’s a vague David Lynch feel to this film, especially prevalent in the creepy (if over-done) waitress in the diner. But, when all’s said and done, it’
s an unsatisfying end product. I’m not overly fond of this kind of pseudo-surrealism, I find it weighs itself down with pretension and its own
archness; frankly, I like a story – style over substance doesn’t cut it with this little black duck.
I didn’t quite get the ending, either. I sort of understood where the director was coming from, and the use of Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your
Man” (personally I prefer the version done by Motorhead and the Plasmatics) made sense, in that regard, but the whole issue of identity could
have been resolved more successfully. Sorry if this reads rather ambiguously, but I have no interest in resorting to giving you spoilers, and the
whole thing was over and done with in twenty minutes.
I really don’t understand why this film won so many awards. I really don’t. It’s only a short film, and not a particularly good one, although quite well
shot. There’s some murder and bloodshed, but nowhere near enough for my taste, and no real idea why we’re watching what we are. Still, I’ll be
watching out for other films by John Faust; this does show promise and is definitely worth a look.
Brief film, brief review: girl wants to se a house for sale out in the boondocks. Her car breaks down near a road-side diner, and the waitress
suggests that the girl get a lift with local fella Lyle (who incidentally hates the place and wants to get out of there), and the whole thing unfolds
with a tedious inevitability. Girl + guy in lonely place = a whole mess of trouble.
There’s a vague David Lynch feel to this film, especially prevalent in the creepy (if over-done) waitress in the diner. But, when all’s said and done, it’
s an unsatisfying end product. I’m not overly fond of this kind of pseudo-surrealism, I find it weighs itself down with pretension and its own
archness; frankly, I like a story – style over substance doesn’t cut it with this little black duck.
I didn’t quite get the ending, either. I sort of understood where the director was coming from, and the use of Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your
Man” (personally I prefer the version done by Motorhead and the Plasmatics) made sense, in that regard, but the whole issue of identity could
have been resolved more successfully. Sorry if this reads rather ambiguously, but I have no interest in resorting to giving you spoilers, and the
whole thing was over and done with in twenty minutes.
I really don’t understand why this film won so many awards. I really don’t. It’s only a short film, and not a particularly good one, although quite well
shot. There’s some murder and bloodshed, but nowhere near enough for my taste, and no real idea why we’re watching what we are. Still, I’ll be
watching out for other films by John Faust; this does show promise and is definitely worth a look.
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