Free to watch, here: https://vimeo.com/724077761
Actually, you should really watch the short film, Hi, Lad! first, as The Lad Goodbye is a sequel/continuation, and it does matter for context… but you can watch that for free here: https://youtu.be/WiDK3CfdJqc
I hope one day y’all can see this in a theater; but for now, enjoy some creative independent cinema. It’s a true journey, so make sure to have some brews and/or bud near by (no movie has ever made me desire to be…
This movie is fucking bonkers from beginning to end, and actually somehow only continues to find ways to get crazier, and elevate itself. What a bugnuts "kids" movie... but also, straight up not for kids? Of course I loved it! Can't wait to watch this forever now (this is one of those; most likely when I was a kid, my eyeballs were in front of at least some of this movie, but never at any conscious point in my life could I say I've watched this)!
One of the greatest final lines in cinematic history; bar none.
The power of cinema exemplified to all extremes. Not even a movie. It's a piece of memory for friends and family, a way to expel all the demons wrestling inside, a shouting of purified anger, a way to bring people together, a weapon towards real life change, a way to present information about something incoherent, a way to demonize a monster, a way to lament great tragedy, a way to try and process the internal feelings, and of course, a…
This shouldn't work. It should be deplorable, convoluted, annoying, and pretentious. It should make me feel sick, I should hate this, I should never want to look at Vincent Gallo, and I should wash this away from my life. But I just can't. It just works. It's magical really. Brilliant performances all around, wild stylistic choices, and a moving tale of a horrible protagonist (that you somehow feel bad for (sometimes)) slowly learning to accept, take responsibility, and love. What…
