See a film I edited

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by mousepod

I quietly cheered when your name came up on the screen (there was one other person in the theater with me - I wanted to run up to him and say "I know that guy!," but I kept my composure).

Heheh, I peppered the credits with polite applause so that our cheering for Tom wouldn't seem quite so singular and friendobvious.


It didn't work.


I have a feeling the other 3 people in the theater caught on that we knew the editor.




Ok, i'll start off the talk about the movie:

Tre is a relentless asshole, and i just don't see the character arc that redeems him in the slightest.


mousepod, you missed the post-show reveal that the story is an autobiographical work of non-fiction. Does that alter your perception of the film in any way?


(We had a private Q&A session after the film. Sorry you missed it. But yeah, the Sunset-5/Former-Virgin locale has the lamest parking in Los Angeles, and thus it is double-doomed. Good luck with that remodel now that Virgin is gone. Uh-huh. Did I mention there were 8 of us in the theater? That's going to be a big night for them.)

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Tre is a relentless asshole, and i just don't see the character arc that redeems him in the slightest.

No, indeed. But though Kakela earns sympathy at the beginning of the film, she gradually destroys that through the narrative. (She gradually destroys herself, too.) Tre is "trying not to," while Kakela is "trying to." They're both responsible for their behavior, but in the end, I think I favor Tre more than Kakela. And what of the last scene? Was she lying to him? Well, obviously she was, but which was the lie?