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Ruby and the Dragon (2013)
I just want it to be a little longer!
Last year's entry was great, and this year's entry topped it (didn't see last year's entry? I suppose you should be following the Louisiana Film Prize shouldn't you? Time to go follow links for Mr Brooks!). Definitely worthy of a top-5 spot this year, and this film was up against some wonderful competition.
Can we start with the delightful performance from Leah? In this short we see Ruby's pain quite well, thanks to Leah. And yet she still made us smile while we felt the pain.
And Phillip contributes something nearly humorous in his portrayal of a catatonic father. He sticks to the role, almost as though it were written for him? ;-)
Overall, the story was very moving, touching and sad. There were a few points it would've been nice to have more backstory, but at that point we would've very quickly left the short film genre and entered something much longer.
I look forward to seeing this film in a few more festivals this year!
This Is a Microphone (2012)
Waiting to see the full length of this film
This film was in the 2012 LA Film Prize, and in my personal opinion was the best film, but was definitely in the top 5 of all films shown by all voters. This film WILL be made into a full length film (I mean, it better be, right?) and ... well, I'll know that I saw it when it was fledgling :D
It was intense, it had a lot of easily missed details, it was well done and I can't say much more than that. Gushing fanboy indeed. :D
Apparently I'm to leave more lines of text to have an acceptable review, and I'm not entirely sure what's missing from what I have, so how about a bit longer of a read that doesn't actually tell you anything? It's as- I-saw-it a fifteen minute film, and telling you much more than I have is going to start inducing spoilers.
I did laugh the first time he said the title of the film, I can tell you that much.