SFIAAFF preview: Children of Invention
Children of Invention
Saturday, March 14
7:00 p.m.
Sundance Kabuki Cinema
88 minutes
Tze Chun's short film Windowbreaker made a big impression on me at SFIAAFF 2007 and has stuck with me ever since. It was daring enough that Chun took on a real narrative (though an elliptical one) in a film only 11 minutes long. But what he created was more complex and evocative than many feature-length movies. Set in a lower-middle-class suburb in the Northeast, Windowbreaker told the story of a single mother, her two kids, and the dilemma of whether to buy an home alarm system amid a rash of neighborhood break-ins. It hinted at a whole world of private heartache and struggle, leaving the details deep in mystery. Two whispered lines of dialog between the children took it over the top for me. I think Chun mentioned during the Q&A that day that he was working on a feature-length movie about those characters, and I've been looking forward to it ever since. Children of Invention premiered at Sundance and continues its festival run at SFIAAFF.
Saturday, March 14
7:00 p.m.
Sundance Kabuki Cinema
88 minutes
Tze Chun's short film Windowbreaker made a big impression on me at SFIAAFF 2007 and has stuck with me ever since. It was daring enough that Chun took on a real narrative (though an elliptical one) in a film only 11 minutes long. But what he created was more complex and evocative than many feature-length movies. Set in a lower-middle-class suburb in the Northeast, Windowbreaker told the story of a single mother, her two kids, and the dilemma of whether to buy an home alarm system amid a rash of neighborhood break-ins. It hinted at a whole world of private heartache and struggle, leaving the details deep in mystery. Two whispered lines of dialog between the children took it over the top for me. I think Chun mentioned during the Q&A that day that he was working on a feature-length movie about those characters, and I've been looking forward to it ever since. Children of Invention premiered at Sundance and continues its festival run at SFIAAFF.
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