Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has been a vacation destination for many over the years. Rather than focusing on the fantasy, directors Neil Rough and Michael Fuller want to tell a darker side to the fun-in-the-sun playground with their Mammoth Lakes Film Festival selected documentary, Myrtle Beach.
Myrtle Beach follows the lives of several residents living their lives in, mostly, solitude around the hustle and bustle of the tourist city. The filmmakers jump back and fourth amongst their all male subjects to weave together the common threads of loneliness, mental illness, and troubled pasts.
We don’t really get to know them by their names, although a few do mention them. Instead, the filmmakers start by showing the characteristics of each individuals personality, and then slowly unravel the yarn to show the parallels of their lives.
The most important thing to take from this film is that mental illness is real,...
Myrtle Beach follows the lives of several residents living their lives in, mostly, solitude around the hustle and bustle of the tourist city. The filmmakers jump back and fourth amongst their all male subjects to weave together the common threads of loneliness, mental illness, and troubled pasts.
We don’t really get to know them by their names, although a few do mention them. Instead, the filmmakers start by showing the characteristics of each individuals personality, and then slowly unravel the yarn to show the parallels of their lives.
The most important thing to take from this film is that mental illness is real,...
- 5/29/2016
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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