The Independent Film Thread.

This thread is for small, short films that catch your attention. (I'm not posting any of my own work, this is for worthy entries I had nothing to do with.)

First up- Reentry!


(This one kinda hits me in the feels.)

 

I wish I knew of any interesting short films to post .

 

I'll grant that they aren't easy to find! Sometimes the algorithm works its magic. I went back to YouTube tonight and found nothing notable.

This thread will be a slow burn, if anything.

 

A digression.

I saw a full length movie about an astronaut stuck in space because of re-entry problems. It seemed very...I don't know, maybe noir? I can't recall the title, but the astronaut was a black actor, the movie was 97% drama.

I liked it. The reviews I looked up were decidedly mixed.

 

Oh, hell- might as well mention feature-length independent films in this thread; they're worth checking out.

That said, I'll bring up the 2019 film Fast Color:


Without spoilers, I'll say this is basically a superhero movie, but forget the banality of Hollywood's tent-pole Marvelverse- this is superior storytelling.

 

I'd like to post about Jamin Winan's independent features, but first- a taste of his kind of work. He's a master of modern fantasy, where a common theme is: "What if the world worked like this?"

This is a short of his, titled Spin:

 

If I ever decide to pay for a streaming service , or know Fast Color is showing on free TV , I'd love to see it.

We all know about the huge hit films, & the super hyped ones that flop. I wonder what percentage of films that make it to "distribution" don't fit either category?

 

A feature-length effort from Mr. Winan, 11:59!


There's an "official" trailer on YouTube, but I don't recommend watching it, as it's an incoherent mess- unlike the movie. (The trailer I posted is much better.)

Still, I can give a simplified explanation of the premise: A man wakes up in a field, dozens of miles away from civilization (Somewhere in Colorado, I believe)- He finds that he's missed an entire day out of his life and since his job is a "run-and-gun" cameraman for a local news station, he's lost opportunities on a heavy news day. Stressed from the fallout, he turns in for the night and wakes up AGAIN in the same field. When he returns, he slowly starts to realize that this next day is actually the day he missed previously...

...and since he knows of events happening that day, he attempts to change things to avert tragedy.

It's a rare film and hard to find, but well worth checking out.

 

Do you have sources you can share for finding these rare films? I know there's a link posted in a thread here, for obscure films (sci-fi, IIRC).