I'm taking a break from shooting to check out the goings on at Sundance Film Festival and connect with people about our film and the plight of the HANC recycling center. So far, we've made a few good connections!The first film I saw in Park City was the midnight show: Hobo with a Shotgun. Rutger Hauer plays a traveling, recycling, hobo with a shopping cart and a heart of gold. When he picks up a shotgun a the pawn shop to help the poor people of scum town everyone's world turns upside down. The poor people of scum town are beholden to their evil, rich, rulers who use them as fodder for sick torture games and Rutger aims to change all that. I applaud the hobo-hero choice and the tackling of class in a simple horror film but the story and execution were incredibly and overly violent. Overall, an average film with a lot of good ideas that didn't quite bear fruit.
However, the short film that played before Hobo with a Shotgun, The Legend of Beaver Dam, was indeed horribly delightful. Masterfully edited, and richly playing on all the stereotypes of kids camping in the woods and a scary monster on the loose, Legend eventually breaks out into a musical at the height of its horror. This short was creative, fun and horrible all in the same chord and the audience practically leapt from their seats in voracious appreciation. Check this one out if it comes to your neck of the woods.
Beaver Dam Trailer
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