Pioneer, dir. David Lowery (short, 2011)
Bonus Bonus. This short blew my mind. Parts & Labor turned me on to it, having befriended the director & producers at SXSW and Sundance and now I’m eager for whatever David Lowery will do next. This is the most intimate, believable, mysterious bedtime story a father (Will Oldham) could tell his son (four-year-old Myles Brooks), and Mr. Lowery filmed it in service to the key idea: “The story is great, but the movie is more about the fact that he is telling it.” The camera never leaves the bedroom, but the craft of cuts and natural beats between the boy and his father wil put a spell on you.
