This film tells the story of a small town that experiences the simultaneous decline of its principal industrial employer, a metal fabricating plant, and the rise of a high tech computer imaging company. The tensions created among the town populace and employees of the two companies make for a fascinating social and psychological account. It is, at times, a funny film and an emotional film.
The BIG surprise for the viewer comes at the film's end as the credits begin to roll. What had appeared to be a bona fide documentary film turns out to be, well, a documentary film with credited actors! It caught this reviewer by total surprise as all of the interviews and the production style had 100 per cent documentary all over them.
Director Russ Hexter has written and directed a minor film masterpiece. The fictional town of Dadetown is the back drop for telling the now all too common story of the decline of Rust Belt industries and the rise of silicon-based technology. It is an engrossing story and it is well presented and well told.
The BIG surprise for the viewer comes at the film's end as the credits begin to roll. What had appeared to be a bona fide documentary film turns out to be, well, a documentary film with credited actors! It caught this reviewer by total surprise as all of the interviews and the production style had 100 per cent documentary all over them.
Director Russ Hexter has written and directed a minor film masterpiece. The fictional town of Dadetown is the back drop for telling the now all too common story of the decline of Rust Belt industries and the rise of silicon-based technology. It is an engrossing story and it is well presented and well told.