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Superheroes (2007)
saw a rough cut screening in New York last month
Everybody was crying when it was over. It was freaky, the whole theater was silent, instead of everyone applauding. It's that everybody was so moved, stunned. I don't want to give away the ending, but it was very, very sad! The two main actors, Dash Mihok and Spencer Clark, were so great. They worked well together, and I believed their relationship. This is a slow, contemplative film, but very deeply thoughtful, and wonderfully written and acted. I definitely want to see it in a theater when it's completely finished, color corrected and all that. . IT WAS a serious, powerful film. About a serious subject: About one man and the terrible effect war has on him, both mentally, and physically. Dash Mihok is heartbreaking in the role.
Book of Love (2004)
A very cool movie that grew on me.
I saw this at a Slamdance Best Of screening in the East Village. I go to all their films there. This was an intelligent, quiet film with really great acting from all three leads. I liked it at first because it didn't try to push any messages or morals on me. Then I started to think about it afterward, and as time went by, it impressed me more and more. It seems to be about a lot of important things. It made me question how people behave and how I judge people. I hate to use the word 'haunting,' it sounds like a cliché, but the film did end up haunting me. I went out and rented other films with these actors (see Francis O'Conor in Mansfield Park!), and also found one by the director, a short called O Beautiful, which is also very good and (here I go again) 'haunting.' So, see if you have a chance.