Uneven, but tries to say something interesting

Nicholas Scipione

Justin E.A. Busch

Steven Googin

A man on the edge of a nervous breakdown has a dreamlike encounter which helps him understand his situation, and the world around him, more fully.

Tom O&apos;Malley

A Dionysian Affair

A Dime A Dozen Student Film

This &apos;film&apos; is an utter travesty and really doesn&apos;t merit what little praise it has received. I personally have done my research on the cast and crew of this film. They are all mostly graphic designers with little to no experience in film production. This is extremely evident in the execution of this film in almost every aspect.

Not only is their training in film-making sub par, it is almost as if the crew never had any at all. Speaking from a professionals standpoint, they would have benefited greatly from an experienced (or at least trained) producer&apos;s help on this project. This would have helped their terrible lighting scheme in just about every scene as well as the truly boring and non-metaphorical camera-work, which was simple tripod execution. Their editing could have been handled with something more pleasant than hard-cuts, not to mention the lack of attention to details such as continuity or even timing. The direction itself was completed in a hurried manner and shows in both the shot choices and attempt at a stylistic approach gone off the edge. Jump cuts riddle this piece as well as sound spikes to make you plug your ears as well as lean closer to hear what was said.

On a positive note (one of the few), the writer of this film was onto something. It is obvious his philosophies were geared toward a specific belief and theme. His execution of these themes, however, was not cinematic at all. In fact, he simply wrote down some theories that were filmed into what i&apos;m sure was an attempt at a Waking Life type result. The problem is that their inexperience decreased this script&apos;s credibility and put it on the back burner. The lines were delivered sub par at best, while extras constantly break reality by staring at the camera in constant shots.

To put it bluntly, this film was accepted into a festival as a writing submission, nothing more. The New York Film Festival is more than aware that what was created had no business being shown, but more being heard. Had the director and crew had any experience or even a larger budget, we would have perhaps seen the potential for a promising follow up project. However, I&apos;m sure the filmmakers have sullied back to their graphic design status, as they should have in the first place.

This 'film' is an utter travesty and really doesn't merit what little praise it has received. I personally have done my research on the cast and crew of this film. They are all mostly graphic designers with little to no experience in film production. This is extremely evident in the execution of this film in almost every aspect.

Not only is their training in film-making sub par, it is almost as if the crew never had any at all. Speaking from a professionals standpoint, they would have benefited greatly from an experienced (or at least trained) producer's help on this project. This would have helped their terrible lighting scheme in just about every scene as well as the truly boring and non-metaphorical camera-work, which was simple tripod execution. Their editing could have been handled with something more pleasant than hard-cuts, not to mention the lack of attention to details such as continuity or even timing. The direction itself was completed in a hurried manner and shows in both the shot choices and attempt at a stylistic approach gone off the edge. Jump cuts riddle this piece as well as sound spikes to make you plug your ears as well as lean closer to hear what was said.

On a positive note (one of the few), the writer of this film was onto something. It is obvious his philosophies were geared toward a specific belief and theme. His execution of these themes, however, was not cinematic at all. In fact, he simply wrote down some theories that were filmed into what i'm sure was an attempt at a Waking Life type result. The problem is that their inexperience decreased this script's credibility and put it on the back burner. The lines were delivered sub par at best, while extras constantly break reality by staring at the camera in constant shots.

To put it bluntly, this film was accepted into a festival as a writing submission, nothing more. The New York Film Festival is more than aware that what was created had no business being shown, but more being heard. Had the director and crew had any experience or even a larger budget, we would have perhaps seen the potential for a promising follow up project. However, I'm sure the filmmakers have sullied back to their graphic design status, as they should have in the first place.

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