William Doyle2 said:...I downloaded it about a week ago, but I haven't actually sat down to watch it yet. I can't seem to find the subtitles—do you happen to have them?
Richard Hernandez13 said:Are we talking about a single, perfect opening shot—the kind Jim Emerson and his readers used to obsess over? Or perhaps a sequence of shots that make up the film's beginning? Well, you have to pick one.
Honestly, the movie is decent—provided you approach it from the right angle—and I guess that means acknowledging it's really just a student exercise, which is how it works quite well. It’s incredibly obvious that it is merely an academic project, since the director completely neglected the script in favor of directing—specifically, building atmosphere—which they actually did quite brilliantly.
Just to add one thing—since the film was shot using handheld home cameras—it functions much better if you watch it at home on your TV rather than in a theater, at least in my opinion.