Archive of films Everything Strange and New / Everything Strange and New

USA
2008, 84 min

Section: Forum of Independents - Competition
Year: 2009

Disappointed by life, Wayne personifies the flip side of the American dream. His everyday life is so grueling that it doesn’t even leave him room to find a way out – but in this he is far from alone. This introverted but provocative movie was presented at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.


Synopsis

We can’t say that Wayne’s life is over, yet neither can we shake the feeling that he has nothing left to fight for. Everyday life brings him nothing but disappointment, something that could be generalized as a social diagnosis. Wayne would like to wake up from his "American nightmare,” but he finds it impossible. The movie ranks among those works which thwart the illusion that the main purpose of cinematography is to provide a means of escape. In harmony with its bleak tone, the film, which focuses on average characters, manages to look beyond the banality of daily life. Explicit dramatic action isn’t necessary in that the protagonists have fallen into a lethargy that even disastrous events can’t pull them out of. Detachment from the varied superficial dramas that dominate this introverted and disturbing film gradually leads the viewer to the same position that plagues the protagonist – and thousands of other actual people who have surrendered to the same dream.

About the director

Frazer Bradshaw

Frazer Bradshaw began as a visual artist and also studied experimental music. Short structuralist films which screened at festivals around the world eventually gave way to narrative features, but even here the director blurs the border between experimentation and classic film fiction. As a director of photography Bradshaw contributed to dozens of independent film projects. Everything Strange and New, which took the FIPRESCI Prize at the San Francisco film festival, is Bradshaw’s first foray into feature filmmaking.

Contacts

Lucky Hat Entertainment
1438 N. Gower St., Building 2, Suite 30, CA 90028, Hollywood
United States of America
Tel: +1 323 993 7000
E-mail: [email protected]

About the film

Color, HD CAM

Section: Forum of Independents - Competition
   
Director: Frazer Bradshaw
Screenplay: Frazer Bradshaw
Dir. of Photography: Frazer Bradshaw
Music: Kent Sparling, Dan Plonsey
Editor: Frazer Bradshaw
Producer: Laura Francia, A.D. Liano
Production: Lucky Hat Entertainment
Cast: Jerry McDaniel, Luis Saguar, Beth Lisick
Contact: Lucky Hat Entertainment
   
www: www.everythingstrangeandnew.com

Guests

Frazer Bradshaw

Film Director, Film Director

Susie Wise

Actress


Steve Bannatyne

Producer

Alex Carver

Producer


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