Lost In New Mexico

2009年 • 84 分钟

关于此电影

A woman steals cash and heads cross country with her illegal immigrant companion. Her goal: to find the livestock cloning expert who claims he can re-create her deceased daughter! Camerado's 2nd feature, 'LOST IN NEW MEXICO'' (www.lostinnewmexico

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I was honestly shocked by how much I loved this micro-budget indie film by J Rosette (Bookwars). Shot on a tiny budget, Rosette captures the magic of New Mexico and the people who journey through it "lost" on their individual quests. The movie maintains a very spacy and surreal feel throughout and the various threads of the plot finally intertwine in a truly satisfying, if enigmatic conclusion. This is a beautifully shot and edited piece, that drew me in more than the last ten Hollywood films I've seen. I also have to mention the score by Big Muddy and Gone Marshall that gives the flick a twangy coherence and a dislocated feel. All of the characters are on a quest for redemption, of a sort, and they all find...I won't ruin it for you. The film is also shot through with a kind of lunatic whimsy as the characters bounce off of each other and their environment. Especially hilarious is filmmaker Rosette as FDA agent Carl Wisconsin. He displays a wonderful restraint that masks his inner struggle against his boss, his FBI tag-along and his mother. This is a great accomplishment that works on many, many levels. For aspiring filmmakers it will serve as inspirational.

Writer/Director/Actor Jason Rosette has a lot to say about the state of the American Dream, and it is not pretty. One of the characters has entered the country illegally in search of a better life, only to find himself trapped in an absurdist drama that will leave him tied to a rogue geneticist's grandmother's rocking chair. The main character sets out to cheat death and ends up running for her life from the police. This is a no-holds-barred view of the underside of American life. Yet at the end we are delighted by the coming-true of one individual's American Dream. In a masterful touch, that individual is a Native American. Rosette has his characters running through a harrowing landscape, but he, and the audience, have the last laugh.

A real Indie through and through. Interesting premise, good cast. Authentic and reminiscent of Cassavetes and Jarmusch. I was totally submerged into the story, the quirky characters and the bizarre situations they have to go through. If you liked STRANGER THAN PARADISE you are going to love this movie.