Ive never heard about Jon Stevenson, who has written, produced and directed this film, but from now i will for sure remember that name. i should really like to know how on this god forsaken earth he got the idea to a story like this, is it selfexperienced, or just a quaker moment of peter smart flashingly good idea moment. what i can say is that if you dive into this story you will for sure feel the strangulation of loneliness.
its a story from the late 80's or early 90's, its the vhs video system era, where everything could be done or solved by the help of a video cassette. the vhs plays a great part of this films dynamics, so this is the abc to the vhs era. about a man, taking care of his demented mum, ,living in the basement of his mums house, he goes through the daily routine, of diper shifts, feeding time, tv-watching and bed routines, day after day, he gets more and more depraved from his situation. he is friendless, but tries to find a companion via a dating agency. in those days, fortunes where made by offering people to come and record a short film presentation of youself for lots of dollars spent, and each time you made a hit, you got the reply video for a stash of doe to take home for evaluation. but this fellow aint a lucky fisherman by the female pond, and in desperation he buys a tape from the surplus clearout salesbin, called ''rent a pal'', e.g every lonely mans best pal for advisery and confort made for you from the livingroom chair to your living room chair.
so this is the initiation fase of the story, and as it develpes, you will experience a caracter study of brilliant proportions, you do hold hand with this lonely creature as he gets more and more depraved, desillutionized, fatigued and near psychotic into a frenzy of dialouging with the coloured spots of a tv screen, where the borderline caracteristics linger in the frames of this poor fellow.
its a small casted film, its made on a low budget, but the production dont bear signs of that. the staging and very realistic gadgets and stuff giving a timetrue realistic feel of this era of the last century are just exquisitlly well done. the score have the kind of tension that gives you the feel of , this is a good movie, appears from the very start.
acting is superb, an oscar from me to the male lead for his true deranged acting on a high truth factor, and the mother caracter as a dementedf feature, may well get nominated for best female assisting role. a demented caracter aint easy, and has to be observed thouroughly to overwhelm and convince a grumpy old man that has earned his doe at a geriatrics care facility for 95% of his working carriere, having dealt with hundreds of all levels of dementia at a daily basis.
well this is a true and honest review of a film that takes you into the grey, dry, and nearly darkest corners of a lonely mans life. there are not much gore and blood, but assure you a lot of funny and gutwrenching moments, its a high recommend .
its a story from the late 80's or early 90's, its the vhs video system era, where everything could be done or solved by the help of a video cassette. the vhs plays a great part of this films dynamics, so this is the abc to the vhs era. about a man, taking care of his demented mum, ,living in the basement of his mums house, he goes through the daily routine, of diper shifts, feeding time, tv-watching and bed routines, day after day, he gets more and more depraved from his situation. he is friendless, but tries to find a companion via a dating agency. in those days, fortunes where made by offering people to come and record a short film presentation of youself for lots of dollars spent, and each time you made a hit, you got the reply video for a stash of doe to take home for evaluation. but this fellow aint a lucky fisherman by the female pond, and in desperation he buys a tape from the surplus clearout salesbin, called ''rent a pal'', e.g every lonely mans best pal for advisery and confort made for you from the livingroom chair to your living room chair.
so this is the initiation fase of the story, and as it develpes, you will experience a caracter study of brilliant proportions, you do hold hand with this lonely creature as he gets more and more depraved, desillutionized, fatigued and near psychotic into a frenzy of dialouging with the coloured spots of a tv screen, where the borderline caracteristics linger in the frames of this poor fellow.
its a small casted film, its made on a low budget, but the production dont bear signs of that. the staging and very realistic gadgets and stuff giving a timetrue realistic feel of this era of the last century are just exquisitlly well done. the score have the kind of tension that gives you the feel of , this is a good movie, appears from the very start.
acting is superb, an oscar from me to the male lead for his true deranged acting on a high truth factor, and the mother caracter as a dementedf feature, may well get nominated for best female assisting role. a demented caracter aint easy, and has to be observed thouroughly to overwhelm and convince a grumpy old man that has earned his doe at a geriatrics care facility for 95% of his working carriere, having dealt with hundreds of all levels of dementia at a daily basis.
well this is a true and honest review of a film that takes you into the grey, dry, and nearly darkest corners of a lonely mans life. there are not much gore and blood, but assure you a lot of funny and gutwrenching moments, its a high recommend .