35mm malick induced southern gothic tale of the mental derangement found in senseless violence but in doomed romances as well, the beauty of simply shooting on film goes a long way to creating beauty & atmosphere, the simple shot of two lovers embracing each other is beautifully framed & elegantly lit, utilizing the history of 1970s film as a placeholder to creating something genuinely hypnotic, hart denton's performance speaks with the utter beauty in simplicity of performing, reaching back into the strong loveliness of actors from the 1970s, reminded me a certain amount of martin sheen in badlands, the mystifying beauty in his silences showcasing how a certain aura can make a performance even stronger underlining the utter mesmerizing aspect to every single tic to his delivery and facial expressions, marcella cytrynowicz as a first time director finding the hidden terrors but the utter brilliant ideas of framing & seeing the separation and closing together of two bodies, she lets each scene sit and wait, knowing the minutae and heartbreak that is in the scenes that play out, the script is filled also with wonderful, unique eccentricities that is has been completely removed from mainstream cinema, movies are never allowed to be weird or off-putting with big studios and here is a very small little movie finally embracing it and becoming an absorbing experience all the same.
Review of American Cherry
