Friday, April 4, 2008

Further North

This post is about a week behind schedule but here it is anyway. I had the chance to go to a sneak preview of James Snapko's new film Further North at the March screening of Fearless Filmmakers. I don't really want to review the film because I worked on the film for a little while. But Further North is one of the best films to be produced in the city in a while. It's a Coen Brothers sense of dark humor and a somewhat Fargo-esque trajectory. It's an incredibly violent film, and there were a few sound issues (but the film isn't completely done), but it comes together very nicely. It's real strength was the way it was shot, it was a beautiful film. Director James Snapko did all of the cinematography and editing as well. Anyway I didn't want this to be any sort of review since I worked on the film and I wouldn't be able to take myself seriously reviewing a film I worked on, but this was a great film that you should check out when it actually gets screened in town.