MY FIRST FILM is a hyper-meta look at the collaborative process
by Kate Beach, Staff Writer
My First Film is a hyper-meta look not just at the art of filmmaking, but the act of making anything with anyone.
The Giant
Written and directed by David Raboy
Starring Odessa Young, Ben Schnetzer, Jack Kilmer and Madelyn Cline
Running time: 1 hour and 39 minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
by Audrey Callerstrom
There’s something here. The Giant, written and directed by David Raboy, is based on his short film of the same name. I wish I could find the short film, because I think that Raboy is a competent director from a technical and aesthetic standpoint. Maybe it’s better as a short film. It shows the promise of something bigger, something deeper. But Raboy can’t decide if he wants to do a coming-of-age film about Georgia teens after graduation, one that moves similarly to The Tree of Life, or if this is a horror film with a vague supernatural presence. It doesn’t balance both. There’s plenty of voiceover, interior shots of homes (big plantation-style ones), characters speaking poetically. The Giant is like a fever dream of a cohesive, longer film that spends more time with each scene, diving into some of the themes and elements the final product only alludes to.
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Directed by Josephine Decker
Written by Sarah Gubbins (screenplay), based on the novel by Susan Scarf Merrell
Starring Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young and Michael Stuhlbarg
Running time: 1 hour and 47 minutes
MPAA rating: R for for sexual content, nudity, language and brief disturbing images
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
“A little novella, I’m calling None of Your Goddamn Business.”
It really took until this whole pandemic thing for me to realize the true introvert that I am. I have been on lock-down for eighty-two days and I have yet to feel the pining for human interaction. Much as Elizabeth Moss playing the renowned recluse horror writer, Shirley Jackson – I too find comfort in my projects or, as I refer to them, experiments. It is only when my well runs dry that I truly experience the feeling of loneliness.
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