For better or worse, the vast majority of movies can be lumped into a typical, generic category in which they’re ultimately only worthy of one viewing – and one viewing only. You watch it and minutes or possibly even a few days later – it fully fades from your memory like a childhood trip to the dentist.
The point is it’s rare to witness a movie that stands out in a clustered, often chaotic Hollywood field of endless film productions. But, from time to time, though, a film like Kevin’s Smith Clerks or John Carpenter’s Halloween will land in your lap and reinvigorate your love for cinema by utilizing unorthodox storytelling and unusual directing maneuvers.
That’s not to say the feature length directorial debut of Natalie Bible’ is on par with the powerful and masterfully constructed concoctions of either Smith or Carpenter. Still, if Bible’ aimed to raise a few eyebrows with her first film, Windsor Drive, you can absolutely call this production a raging …show more content…
She implements repetitive, rewinding flashback sequences to fully project the inner turmoil of River Miller – which have the tendency to be more psychedelic than anything else. It’s just as easy to deem this method as tedious as much as it is brilliant, though – yet it captures the madness quite sublimely.
In terms of the story, Windsor Drive brandishes a wildly chopping narrative – to the extent that Bible’ feels the need to hammer home several pivotal characteristics, such as the mundane visual of a gorgeous woman in a red bikini (assumed to be relatable to the emotions garnered by the nostalgia and temptation of the proverbial woman in a red dress). Still, the climax, for all intents and purposes, is fully expected – finalizing a resounding thematic notion that only two emotions drive humanity: love and
The point is it’s rare to witness a movie that stands out in a clustered, often chaotic Hollywood field of endless film productions. But, from time to time, though, a film like Kevin’s Smith Clerks or John Carpenter’s Halloween will land in your lap and reinvigorate your love for cinema by utilizing unorthodox storytelling and unusual directing maneuvers.
That’s not to say the feature length directorial debut of Natalie Bible’ is on par with the powerful and masterfully constructed concoctions of either Smith or Carpenter. Still, if Bible’ aimed to raise a few eyebrows with her first film, Windsor Drive, you can absolutely call this production a raging …show more content…
She implements repetitive, rewinding flashback sequences to fully project the inner turmoil of River Miller – which have the tendency to be more psychedelic than anything else. It’s just as easy to deem this method as tedious as much as it is brilliant, though – yet it captures the madness quite sublimely.
In terms of the story, Windsor Drive brandishes a wildly chopping narrative – to the extent that Bible’ feels the need to hammer home several pivotal characteristics, such as the mundane visual of a gorgeous woman in a red bikini (assumed to be relatable to the emotions garnered by the nostalgia and temptation of the proverbial woman in a red dress). Still, the climax, for all intents and purposes, is fully expected – finalizing a resounding thematic notion that only two emotions drive humanity: love and