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Dawn is a quiet young teenager who longs for something or someone to free her from her sheltered life.
Dawn
2014 Directed by Rose McGowan
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The whole film had a very creepy/scary feel to it, that was definitely achieved. I was nervous to be watching which is great. The ending is haunting as fuck and the sound design really grabs and twists your beating heart and your terrified attention there. Performances weren't too bad. You are left feeling an intensity.
I was interested to see that Rose Mcgowan didn't write the script. For some reason I thought she would have. I'm more interested in her writing and directing together, I felt that the character of Dawn was quite 2D. But short films are short. And I actually thought the pacing was pretty good... to be able to have such brutal events happen, it was actually…
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bitch..... he was literally the most creepy dude i have ever seen besides c*sey affleck how did she not Get A Vibe
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I liked the juxtaposition of the cheery and colorful palette of the time period that Dawn is set in and the harsh reality of what can happen to those too precious to see how truly dangerous the world is. Can't wait to see more from first-time director Rose McGowan!
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Boy @ Dawn: I saw you and thought "What a lonely girl" and I thought that maybe if I talked to you, you wouldn't be so lonely anymore
Me @ Dawn: DAWN!!! 🙅 STAY the FUCK ❌❌ AWAY FROM HIM ! ❌❌ STAY the fuck!!! 🙅❌ Get the FUCK AWAY from HIM!! ❌🙅 FUCK!!! GET AWAY!! 🙅❌❌🙅
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I can appreciate what McGowan's doing/saying with this, but I still don't like it much.
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Charmed alum Rose McGowan strongly urges that the best way to watch her 17 minute short, Dawn, is to watch it twice. So I did. Back to back. And it's pretty fantastic.
Dawn stars Tara Lynne Barr (who some of you may recognize from Bobcat Goldthwaite's 2011 satire piece, God Bless America)as a young girl who desperately longs for more in her life despite how much her parents shelter her. Enter Reiley McClendon as the girl's innocent crush...a crush that may not be so innocent after all.
My first go-round with the film, I already recognized just how technically brilliant this is as a film. The colors and cinematography are stunning to witness and McGowan is especially considerate in regards…
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The last line of this film explains the film's raison d'être, and it is far from compelling.
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Terrifying and unnerving. Part of me wishes it was longer but I don't know that I can handle all that intensity. Poor Dawn.
52 films by women: 59/52
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Dawn is one of those films that takes place in the 1950s, and the costume designer lazily decided to go to a party city and pick up the costumes there. This film wants to be ambitious... sadly, it's not. Rose McGowan's directorial debut needed more intention, eagerness and zeal. Objectively: aesthetically mediocre. Subjectively: won't be rewatching this anytime soon!
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