Writer: David Nordstrom Director: David Nordstrom Starring: David Nordstrom, Carl McLaughlin, Lee Lynch Sometimes it’s what’s not said that’s more important than the words that are spoken, especially if those words come tentatively even with the aid of large quantities of booze. Sawdust City, written and directed by David Nordstrom, takes place over Thanksgiving weekend in the snow covered city of Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Nordstrom’s hometown). Bob (Nordstrom) sits at home sipping beer with his pregnant wife in the kitchen when he gets a phone call from his younger brother Pete (Carl McLaughlin). Pete wants to find their father much to Bob’s dismay. Also to his surprise, Pete is in town having just graduated from Navy basic training, or so we’re led to believe. Bob insists on meeting his brother and eagerly leaves his turkey dinner behind in favor of one of many local dive bars.
- 10/22/2011
- by Caitlyn Collins
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Reviewed by Annlee Ellingson
(from the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: David Nordstrom
Starring: David Nordstrom, Carl McLaughlin, Lee Lynch and Becca Barr
For his feature-film debut, writer-director-star David Nordstrom returned to his hometown of Eau Claire, Wis., shooting in local bars among local barflies. It’s set in wintertime, and there’s nothing particularly innovative or remarkable about the camerawork by James Laxton, so the picture takes on a dreary cast. But Nordstrom adeptly paces his straightforward story with just enough mystery to keep viewers interested and ambiguity to imbue it with melancholic gravitas.
On Thanksgiving morning, instead of spending the day at home with his pregnant wife, Bob (Nordstrom) meets up with his younger brother Pete (Carl McLaughlin), whom he hasn’t seen in years, at a nearby dive bar. Pete’s just out of basic training with the Navy, on leave for the day before...
(from the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: David Nordstrom
Starring: David Nordstrom, Carl McLaughlin, Lee Lynch and Becca Barr
For his feature-film debut, writer-director-star David Nordstrom returned to his hometown of Eau Claire, Wis., shooting in local bars among local barflies. It’s set in wintertime, and there’s nothing particularly innovative or remarkable about the camerawork by James Laxton, so the picture takes on a dreary cast. But Nordstrom adeptly paces his straightforward story with just enough mystery to keep viewers interested and ambiguity to imbue it with melancholic gravitas.
On Thanksgiving morning, instead of spending the day at home with his pregnant wife, Bob (Nordstrom) meets up with his younger brother Pete (Carl McLaughlin), whom he hasn’t seen in years, at a nearby dive bar. Pete’s just out of basic training with the Navy, on leave for the day before...
- 6/20/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Annlee Ellingson
(from the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: David Nordstrom
Starring: David Nordstrom, Carl McLaughlin, Lee Lynch and Becca Barr
For his feature-film debut, writer-director-star David Nordstrom returned to his hometown of Eau Claire, Wis., shooting in local bars among local barflies. It’s set in wintertime, and there’s nothing particularly innovative or remarkable about the camerawork by James Laxton, so the picture takes on a dreary cast. But Nordstrom adeptly paces his straightforward story with just enough mystery to keep viewers interested and ambiguity to imbue it with melancholic gravitas.
On Thanksgiving morning, instead of spending the day at home with his pregnant wife, Bob (Nordstrom) meets up with his younger brother Pete (Carl McLaughlin), whom he hasn’t seen in years, at a nearby dive bar. Pete’s just out of basic training with the Navy, on leave for the day before...
(from the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: David Nordstrom
Starring: David Nordstrom, Carl McLaughlin, Lee Lynch and Becca Barr
For his feature-film debut, writer-director-star David Nordstrom returned to his hometown of Eau Claire, Wis., shooting in local bars among local barflies. It’s set in wintertime, and there’s nothing particularly innovative or remarkable about the camerawork by James Laxton, so the picture takes on a dreary cast. But Nordstrom adeptly paces his straightforward story with just enough mystery to keep viewers interested and ambiguity to imbue it with melancholic gravitas.
On Thanksgiving morning, instead of spending the day at home with his pregnant wife, Bob (Nordstrom) meets up with his younger brother Pete (Carl McLaughlin), whom he hasn’t seen in years, at a nearby dive bar. Pete’s just out of basic training with the Navy, on leave for the day before...
- 6/20/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Best Documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop" It's hard to know whether street artist Banksy's feature documentary is what it claims to be—a doc about an obsessive man who falls in love with the world of street art (where artists place their work in public, risking arrest for vandalism), fashioning himself as the most financially successful street artist in history—or is Banksy's best prank to date. The film follows the life of buffoonish French expatriate Thierry Guetta, a happy-go-lucky proprietor of an overpriced hipster-wear store in West Hollywood with the curious habit of videotaping everything that happens to him. Guetta persuades his cousin, a street artist known as Space Invader, to become the subject of a "documentary," which leads Guetta to other street artists like Obama icon-maker Shepard Fairey and ultimately to the white whale of street artists: the ultra-secretive Banksy (interviewed in silhouette, of course...
- 1/20/2011
- backstage.com
Year: 2010
Director: Mike Ott
Writers: Mike Ott, Atsuko Okatsuka, Carl McLaughlin
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Littlerock California is a quiet little town located in the “fruit basket” of the Antelope Valley. It’s also the titular town of Mike Ott’s new film and the place where two Japanese tourists, siblings Rintaro and Atsuko, end up after their car breaks down while en route to San Francisco. This is the duo’s first trip to the United States and they end up stranded in small town California waiting for their new rental car to arrive.
Their first night in town, the siblings find their way to a party with a group of local kids and it’s there that they meet Cory, a friendly local smitten by Atsuko who offers to show the girl around town. From here, Rintaro and Atsuko hang out...
Director: Mike Ott
Writers: Mike Ott, Atsuko Okatsuka, Carl McLaughlin
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Littlerock California is a quiet little town located in the “fruit basket” of the Antelope Valley. It’s also the titular town of Mike Ott’s new film and the place where two Japanese tourists, siblings Rintaro and Atsuko, end up after their car breaks down while en route to San Francisco. This is the duo’s first trip to the United States and they end up stranded in small town California waiting for their new rental car to arrive.
Their first night in town, the siblings find their way to a party with a group of local kids and it’s there that they meet Cory, a friendly local smitten by Atsuko who offers to show the girl around town. From here, Rintaro and Atsuko hang out...
- 10/19/2010
- QuietEarth.us
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