Tired Moonlight, Dp: Adam GinsbergOne of the few shocks of the otherwise steadfastly low-key Tired Moonlight, a recent inclusion in New York’s New Directors/New Films program, is discovering in the credit roll that Sean Price Williams didn’t shoot it. The film arrives at a point where seemingly every new low-budget indie shot on 16mm and featuring a hitherto unsung directorial newcomer—in this case Montana-born Britni West—is graced by the eye of this particular cinematographer: see The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga, Kuichisan, Young Bodies Heal Quickly, Christmas, Again, and several others, not to mention all the work in this vein he’s done for Alex Ross Perry. Williams is certainly skilled (it’s hard to find a review of a film boasting his work that doesn’t mention his name—a rare feat for a Dp), but as of now only demonstrably proficient in...
- 9/8/2015
- by Carson Lund
- MUBI
Filmmaker Andrew T. Betzer’s day job is working at Cineric, in New York City, one of the industry’s most highly regarded film restoration and preservation houses, where traditional photochemical processing intermingles with modern digital technology. They have restored and preserved over 1,000 films, working with movie studios and cultural institutions, and have done pioneering work in the field, such as completing the first 4k restoration of a black-and-white film (Dr. Strangelove), and specially modifying all their equipment to restore the only two films shot in Cinemascope 55 (Carousel and The King and I). In addition to writing, directing and editing his first feature, Young Bodies Heal Quickly>> - Stela Jelcinek...
- 2/28/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Filmmaker Andrew T. Betzer’s day job is working at Cineric, in New York City, one of the industry’s most highly regarded film restoration and preservation houses, where traditional photochemical processing intermingles with modern digital technology. They have restored and preserved over 1,000 films, working with movie studios and cultural institutions, and have done pioneering work in the field, such as completing the first 4k restoration of a black-and-white film (Dr. Strangelove), and specially modifying all their equipment to restore the only two films shot in Cinemascope 55 (Carousel and The King and I). In addition to writing, directing and editing his first feature, Young Bodies Heal Quickly>> - Stela Jelcinek...
- 2/28/2015
- Keyframe
Youth in Revolt: Betzer’s Inexplicable Road Movie an Assortment of Prominent Instances
Director Andrew T. Betzer manages to concoct an impressively pronounced feature debut with the eerily titled Young Bodies Heal Quickly. Basically a meandering road movie about two brothers on the lam, their journey churns from magnetic portrayal of familial discord into disjointed episodes of increasingly surreal occurrences. Though Betzer’s refusal to adhere to any kind of cohesive narrative for his youthful protagonists eventually dampens the effectiveness of the film as it stumbles into its ambiguous finale, the film manages to be intriguing and unpredictable as a balancing act that is sometimes funny, observational, and even foreboding.
If their bodies heal quickly, we’re never certain of their psychological states, though both Older (Gabriel Croft) and Younger (Hale Lytle) may as well represent developmental, identity-less stages or echoes of inevitability (the figure known as Dad could...
Director Andrew T. Betzer manages to concoct an impressively pronounced feature debut with the eerily titled Young Bodies Heal Quickly. Basically a meandering road movie about two brothers on the lam, their journey churns from magnetic portrayal of familial discord into disjointed episodes of increasingly surreal occurrences. Though Betzer’s refusal to adhere to any kind of cohesive narrative for his youthful protagonists eventually dampens the effectiveness of the film as it stumbles into its ambiguous finale, the film manages to be intriguing and unpredictable as a balancing act that is sometimes funny, observational, and even foreboding.
If their bodies heal quickly, we’re never certain of their psychological states, though both Older (Gabriel Croft) and Younger (Hale Lytle) may as well represent developmental, identity-less stages or echoes of inevitability (the figure known as Dad could...
- 2/27/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
If there is a "crisis" among American boys, as you sometimes hear during slow news weeks, its cause is pretty straight-up clear: The bored and brutish traits our culture encourages in boys no longer have anything to do with the ones this economy actually rewards. In its terrific first half-hour, writer-director Andrew T. Betzer's Young Bodies Heal Quickly plays like cockeyed comedy based on that truth.
A hunky lout raises pointless hell in the fields and meadows of one of those parts of Maryland that dips down into what may as well be the Deep South. The lout — he's never named, but he's embodied by Gabriel Croft — beats up an abandoned car, peppers BBs at livestock, and gets into a brawl with young women riding ATVs. It's a playful fight, despite all t...
A hunky lout raises pointless hell in the fields and meadows of one of those parts of Maryland that dips down into what may as well be the Deep South. The lout — he's never named, but he's embodied by Gabriel Croft — beats up an abandoned car, peppers BBs at livestock, and gets into a brawl with young women riding ATVs. It's a playful fight, despite all t...
- 2/25/2015
- Village Voice
Along the lines of when Greta Gerwig landed Greenberg and essentially moved higher up in the indie echelons, the hardworking Kate Lyn Sheil has been Total Recalled for fellow Sundance alumni Drake Doremus’ next directing gig which already includes the threesome of Nicholas Hoult, Kristen Stewart and Guy Pearce. In Equals, which is set for a shoot next month in Asia, Sheil will play Kate, a fellow co-worker of Hoult and Stewart’s characters.
Gist: Set in a future society where emotions have been eradicated. A new breed of humans, called Equals, live peacefully until a disease begins activating emotions in its victims, who are sent away and never seen again. Hoult is set to star as Silas, who becomes infected and is outcast until he connects with Nia (Stewart), another “switched on” Equal who is able to hide her emotions.
Worth Noting: Deadline mentioned a who’s who indie...
Gist: Set in a future society where emotions have been eradicated. A new breed of humans, called Equals, live peacefully until a disease begins activating emotions in its victims, who are sent away and never seen again. Hoult is set to star as Silas, who becomes infected and is outcast until he connects with Nia (Stewart), another “switched on” Equal who is able to hide her emotions.
Worth Noting: Deadline mentioned a who’s who indie...
- 7/9/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
"A lot of the films I love are very quiet films, that's the aesthetic of a film that moves me - the economy of it" Andrew T Betzer's debut feature Young Bodies Heal Quickly premiered at Tribeca Film Festival last month. Part coming-of-age tale and part road trip, the film - notable for its stripped down dialogue and striking visuals - tells the story of two brothers who, after committing an 'accidental' act of extreme violence are packed out of town in a car by their mum, with little more than a wad of cash and the clothes they stand up in. We follow them as they visit various family members and watch as their trajectories begin to follow very different paths.
Theirs is a world of mixed messages, unfocussed aggression and a lack of communication - they never call one another by name and are referred to simply as...
Theirs is a world of mixed messages, unfocussed aggression and a lack of communication - they never call one another by name and are referred to simply as...
- 5/10/2014
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
I spoke with Andrew T. Betzer about his new film, Young Bodies Heal Quickly, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Neal Dhand: Probably for obvious reasons, this film reminds me a lot of your short, John Wayne Hated Horses. Was that the impetus for making it? Did you expand from the original script or write an entirely new one?
Andrew T. Betzer: I feel that all of my shorts are part of a body of work that is reflective of my preoccupations on a whole…both conscious and subconscious. The script for Young Bodies was totally original, but perhaps taking place in the same world as the dad and son from John Wayne. Who knows, maybe they were neighbors? Perhaps attended some of the same re-enactment events?
Nd: Like in John Wayne, Young Bodies Heal Quickly deals with the relationship between an older man and a younger child.
Neal Dhand: Probably for obvious reasons, this film reminds me a lot of your short, John Wayne Hated Horses. Was that the impetus for making it? Did you expand from the original script or write an entirely new one?
Andrew T. Betzer: I feel that all of my shorts are part of a body of work that is reflective of my preoccupations on a whole…both conscious and subconscious. The script for Young Bodies was totally original, but perhaps taking place in the same world as the dad and son from John Wayne. Who knows, maybe they were neighbors? Perhaps attended some of the same re-enactment events?
Nd: Like in John Wayne, Young Bodies Heal Quickly deals with the relationship between an older man and a younger child.
- 4/30/2014
- by Neal Dhand
- SoundOnSight
Even the greatest filmmakers are guilty of overly romanticizing boyhood. A little bit of bad behavior and a slice of wildness have fueled boys of the cinema, as they grow up and, in most cases, inexplicably become responsible men. It's not clear if that occurs at the very end of “Young Bodies Heal Quickly," though the evocative title gives a sense of how writer-director Andrew T. Betzer feels about the danger faced by his young characters. There are consequences, his film argues, and these characters are fortunate enough to still have youth on their side. The picture begins with a death. It's not entirely clear what has happened, but what we see is a small, rural town (we later learn that this is apparently California) where its inhabitants face danger from the most mundane sources. A girl lies motionless after a reckless accident, and two brothers hide as a result.
- 4/28/2014
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
The Tribeca Film Festival's guide refers to Andy Betzer's "Young Bodies Heal Quickly" as an "American Primitivist" film. It’s certainly something like that, although the description doesn't quite do justice to the alternately troubling and rousing experience of watching the picture. Shot in appropriately garish looking 16mm by Sean Williams, "Young Bodies Heal Quickly" follow the story of two brothers, known only as younger and older. It’s summer time and we meet them in a lush, green American nowhere. For the first ten minutes or so, it's all youthful fun and games powered by garden variety vandalism. Older, who wears a wrestler's helmet everywhere he goes regardless of the occasion, uses a yoga mat, or something like it, to hop a chain link fence with a barbed wire top. The two proceed to smash the holy hell out of a mid-90s sedan. And then they find a...
- 4/26/2014
- by Brandon Harris
- Indiewire
The road trip movie is often filled with laughs, thrills and a much-need inner journey, but as writer/director Andrew Betzer knows from the production of his film "Young Bodies Heal Quickly," it's also filled with many locations that offer both a whole new perspective on the world and a lot of logistical problems throughout the production process. Tell us about yourself. My name is Andrew. I work at Cineric in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. We restore and preserve a wide array of motion pictures. When I'm not doing that, I pursue my avocation...writing and directing films. I started off slowly, making short films for 10 plus years. Recently, I made my first feature film, "Young Bodies Heal Quickly." I live with my wife and 2 1/2 year old son. What was your biggest challenge in completing this project? The biggest challenge that this project provided was its diverse locations. It...
- 4/9/2014
- by Ziyad Saadi
- Indiewire
By the looks of it, the Tribeca Film Festival might finally be growing out of their awkward teenage phase and moving into a new era where the nab more than just Sundance and SXSW festival rejects. Artistic Director Frederic Boyer has managed to nab some noteworthy American indie projects such as Lou Howe’s Gabriel (see pic above), Keith Miller’s Five Star, Adam Rapp’s Loitering with Intent, and Tristan Patterson’s Electric Slide.
On the docu front, we’ve got the latest from the likes of notable documentarians Marshall Curry and Jessica Yu. Think Ewan McGregor’s Long Way Round meets child solider movie for Curry’s awesomely titled Point and Shoot — where the Libyan rebel army take hold of Curry’s subject. Yu moves from water shortage in Last Call at the Oasis (read our review) to the biggest pandemic of all; Misconception looks at the consequences...
On the docu front, we’ve got the latest from the likes of notable documentarians Marshall Curry and Jessica Yu. Think Ewan McGregor’s Long Way Round meets child solider movie for Curry’s awesomely titled Point and Shoot — where the Libyan rebel army take hold of Curry’s subject. Yu moves from water shortage in Last Call at the Oasis (read our review) to the biggest pandemic of all; Misconception looks at the consequences...
- 3/4/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The 13th Tribeca Film Festival has announced half its slate for next month’s New York celebration, which runs April 16-27. Culled from more than 6,000 submissions, Tribeca 2014 includes 55 world premieres, 37 first-time filmmakers, and 22 female directors. “Variously inspired by individual interests and experience and driven by an intense sensibility of style, the array of new filmmaking voices in this year’s competition is especially impressive and I think memorable,” said Frederic Boyer, Tribeca’s artistic director. “The range of American subcultures and international genres represented here are both eclectic and wide reaching.”
On April 17, Gabriel will open the World Narrative competition,...
On April 17, Gabriel will open the World Narrative competition,...
- 3/4/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Kids. Such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape or Reservoir Dogs before it, and such as Winter’s Bone, Blue Valentine and Fruitvale Station after it, Larry Clark & Harmony Korine’s seminal film is forever connected in “spirit” to the lieu where it received its secret midnight premiere screening in 1995. The Sundance Film Festival might be known as the birthplace of U.S indie filmmaking innovation, avant-gardism, a larger definition of the low budgeted film response to Hollywood in not only narrative but in the non-fiction form, but it is a festival made strong by its renewal and familiarity. That close acquaintanceness exists in Kids‘ starlets Rosario Dawson and Chloë Sevigny filmography/career path trajectory and connection to Park City (both have several indie films slated for ’14 – of which I’ve included in our predictions list) and it is that “familiarity” that is visibly noticeable in how I map out my annual predictions list.
- 11/18/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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