March 2010
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Sam Ippolito's Review →
IPPOLITO: “With its laid back Docu-Drama style, about themes of social interaction and suburban isolation, it really seems like a Reality TV Show, similar to say, Bravo’s “Hoarders” or “Intervention”, expanded past its usual hour length. Deft portrait of morally decaying figures surrounded by that same urban decay in the rundown South.”
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Cynthia Corral's Review →
CORRAL: “If this is a mumblecore film, it is most definitely a mumblecore of a different sort. The lilting Tennessee accents of the characters quickly drew me in, and even with the sometimes blurry handheld camera work the film has a beauty that director Jarrod Whaley’s incredibly touching short film PASSION FLOWER also exhibited.”
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Alejandro Adams on HIOP →
“Hell is Other People offers up the pariah Morty, whom director Jarrod Whaley described as a distillation of all the things we don’t like about other people (i.e., ourselves). Morty certainly is that, but there’s something lovable about this character as embodied by Richard Johnson, blinking uncomprehendingly behind smudged glasses, and this creates a compelling tension in the film: when...
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Three Pittsburgh Screenings
Hell Is Other People will screen on three dates in Pittsburgh, PA this month: March 13th at 4:30, March 15th at 7:00, and March 16th at 9:30. All screenings will take place at the Hollywood Theatre, and will be preceded by a screening of Out of Sync, a short film by Peet Gelderblom.
These shows have been organized by Indies For Indies; see the series’ Web site for more information.