Reviewed by Amanda Georges
(February 2011)
Directed/Written by: Matt Porterfield
Starring: Sky Ferreira, Zoe Vance, James Siebor Jr., Dustin Ray, Cody Ray, Charles “Spike” Sauers, Catherine Evans, Virginia Heath, Casey Weibust and Drew Harris
Genre hybrids are no longer a novelty, just as the use of documentary techniques in fictional films is tried and true. But “Putty Hill” from writer-director Matt Porterfield is a faux documentary so compelling that forgetting the story is fiction is not just a risk but an expectation. The film aims only to present a touching portrayal of a community but in the process reflects gracefully on the nature of storytelling on film.
Shot to look like a documentary, “Putty Hill” follows the people of a small community in Baltimore as they gather to attend the funeral of a local boy, Cory, who died of a drug overdose. Rather than a sweeping statement about loss and suffering,...
(February 2011)
Directed/Written by: Matt Porterfield
Starring: Sky Ferreira, Zoe Vance, James Siebor Jr., Dustin Ray, Cody Ray, Charles “Spike” Sauers, Catherine Evans, Virginia Heath, Casey Weibust and Drew Harris
Genre hybrids are no longer a novelty, just as the use of documentary techniques in fictional films is tried and true. But “Putty Hill” from writer-director Matt Porterfield is a faux documentary so compelling that forgetting the story is fiction is not just a risk but an expectation. The film aims only to present a touching portrayal of a community but in the process reflects gracefully on the nature of storytelling on film.
Shot to look like a documentary, “Putty Hill” follows the people of a small community in Baltimore as they gather to attend the funeral of a local boy, Cory, who died of a drug overdose. Rather than a sweeping statement about loss and suffering,...
- 2/16/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Amanda Georges
(February 2011)
Directed/Written by: Matt Porterfield
Starring: Sky Ferreira, Zoe Vance, James Siebor Jr., Dustin Ray, Cody Ray, Charles “Spike” Sauers, Catherine Evans, Virginia Heath, Casey Weibust and Drew Harris
Genre hybrids are no longer a novelty, just as the use of documentary techniques in fictional films is tried and true. But “Putty Hill” from writer-director Matt Porterfield is a faux documentary so compelling that forgetting the story is fiction is not just a risk but an expectation. The film aims only to present a touching portrayal of a community but in the process reflects gracefully on the nature of storytelling on film.
Shot to look like a documentary, “Putty Hill” follows the people of a small community in Baltimore as they gather to attend the funeral of a local boy, Cory, who died of a drug overdose. Rather than a sweeping statement about loss and suffering,...
(February 2011)
Directed/Written by: Matt Porterfield
Starring: Sky Ferreira, Zoe Vance, James Siebor Jr., Dustin Ray, Cody Ray, Charles “Spike” Sauers, Catherine Evans, Virginia Heath, Casey Weibust and Drew Harris
Genre hybrids are no longer a novelty, just as the use of documentary techniques in fictional films is tried and true. But “Putty Hill” from writer-director Matt Porterfield is a faux documentary so compelling that forgetting the story is fiction is not just a risk but an expectation. The film aims only to present a touching portrayal of a community but in the process reflects gracefully on the nature of storytelling on film.
Shot to look like a documentary, “Putty Hill” follows the people of a small community in Baltimore as they gather to attend the funeral of a local boy, Cory, who died of a drug overdose. Rather than a sweeping statement about loss and suffering,...
- 2/16/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
See the movie trailer for Putty Hill as well as the poster. Directed by Matt Porterfield, the Cinema Guild drama opens February 18th. Starring in Putty Hill are Sky Ferreira, Cody Ray, Dustin Ray, James Siebor Jr. and Zoe Vance. Porterfield wrote the screenplay based on the story by Jordan Mintzer. The film is a beautifully realized portrait of a close-knit community on the outskirts of Baltimore. At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember a young man who passed away. Knowing little about his final days, they attempt to reconstruct his life. In the process, they offer a window onto their own lives, an evocative picture of working-class America...
- 2/2/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the movie trailer for Putty Hill as well as the poster. Directed by Matt Porterfield, the Cinema Guild drama opens February 18th. Starring in Putty Hill are Sky Ferreira, Cody Ray, Dustin Ray, James Siebor Jr. and Zoe Vance. Porterfield wrote the screenplay based on the story by Jordan Mintzer. The film is a beautifully realized portrait of a close-knit community on the outskirts of Baltimore. At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember a young man who passed away. Knowing little about his final days, they attempt to reconstruct his life. In the process, they offer a window onto their own lives, an evocative picture of working-class America...
- 2/2/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the movie trailer for Putty Hill as well as the poster. Directed by Matt Porterfield, the Cinema Guild drama opens February 18th. Starring in Putty Hill are Sky Ferreira, Cody Ray, Dustin Ray, James Siebor Jr. and Zoe Vance. Porterfield wrote the screenplay based on the story by Jordan Mintzer. The film is a beautifully realized portrait of a close-knit community on the outskirts of Baltimore. At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember a young man who passed away. Knowing little about his final days, they attempt to reconstruct his life. In the process, they offer a window onto their own lives, an evocative picture of working-class America...
- 2/2/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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