Lost In New Mexico

2009 • 84 minutes

About this movie

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

Ratings and reviews

Lost in New Mexico: The Strange Tale of Susan Hero (2009) ByEric M. Armstrong, The Moving Arts Journal Jason Rosette’s no-budget tale of desolation, desperation and loss subtly weaves together the disparate lives of a group of struggling Southwesterners in “Lost in New Mexico.” Susan (Drea Pressley), grieving and aimless after the loss of her newborn daughter, thoughtlessly seeks out a rogue animal-cloning geneticist (Dr. Alan Rice) to reverse, or subvert, the most inevitable of human events — death. Along the way she encounters mysterious illegal immigrant, Javier (Jaime Estrada), and the two run away from their respective troubles together, forging an unlikely friendship of circumstance and innate understanding. Running parallel to this central storyline is a tandem of narratives: one, following a down-on-his-luck Native American pottery artist (David Paytiamo) scrambling to find money to send his daughter to college, and the other, a hapless FDA agent (Jason Rosette) tracking down the clone-doctor to break up his illegal operation. The narratives are eventually entwined quite nicely, although the characters aren’t necessarily aware when this happens, which makes it all

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.

Lost in New Mexico by director Jason Rosette really is a great film. Admittedly I tend to find a lot of independent films to be boring, but this one stood out from a sea of other films. The story, the characters and how they all interact and are involved are quite entertaining to watch. The film is about a woman who works at a movie theater when during her break she finds an advertisement in the paper about a man who offers a service to clone pets. She calls the man and requests if he would be willing to clone her child who had passed. He's open to the idea, and so she steals all the money from the theater register and heads off with a co-worker, who is also wanted by the law, to find the cloning professional. As the film progresses the two bond with each other and start a weird kind of friendship as they are both evading the police. This is a film that focuses a lot on character and does so very well. The movie follows several different characters and in the end they all interact with each other, giving it a Pulp Fiction kind of feeling to it. I've seen a lot of independent movies and this stands out as being one of the best I have seen. I would totally recommend this movie to all