The Highlight of the Raindance Film Festival 2008 for me was Canada's Who is KK Downey?, a fantastic film and the first feature length production from Kidnapper Films it is jam packed with talent and hilariously funny.
Actor/Directors Darren Curtis and Pat Kiely are particularly brilliant creating an experience in this unforced zany comedy that is simply delicious and left me a little bit in awe of and in love with them both.
Hard to describe, the innovative plot revolves around wannabe rock star, Terrance, who wants his ex girlfriend back from her new beau, pretentious journalist Connor Rooney, and Terrance's best friend Theo who dreams of being a successful author. Fed up of getting nowhere the two hatch a plan to turn Theo's gritty but fictional book Truck Stop Hustler into an 'autobiography' by creating a fake protagonist in the enigma that is KK Downey. As KK's popularity rockets the friends towards everything they dreamed of there are twists turns and downsides to the celebrity they have so long wished for and the characters each learn the price they must pay for the things they want and learn to discover and value the unique qualities in themselves and each other.
One of the best and most original films I've seen in ages, Who is KK Downey is a courageous example of everything that's great in indie film-making. It's brilliantly written with a flawless plot and fantastic characters, sensitively acted by an ensemble cast, rich with imagery and cool locations and is shot and scored brilliantly. The film has it's own unique look, sounds great, and is coolness personified with loads of inventive film-making technique packed in for good measure and plenty of funny moments to boot.
It's simply put, the best fun I've had in a big dark room full of strangers!
Actor/Directors Darren Curtis and Pat Kiely are particularly brilliant creating an experience in this unforced zany comedy that is simply delicious and left me a little bit in awe of and in love with them both.
Hard to describe, the innovative plot revolves around wannabe rock star, Terrance, who wants his ex girlfriend back from her new beau, pretentious journalist Connor Rooney, and Terrance's best friend Theo who dreams of being a successful author. Fed up of getting nowhere the two hatch a plan to turn Theo's gritty but fictional book Truck Stop Hustler into an 'autobiography' by creating a fake protagonist in the enigma that is KK Downey. As KK's popularity rockets the friends towards everything they dreamed of there are twists turns and downsides to the celebrity they have so long wished for and the characters each learn the price they must pay for the things they want and learn to discover and value the unique qualities in themselves and each other.
One of the best and most original films I've seen in ages, Who is KK Downey is a courageous example of everything that's great in indie film-making. It's brilliantly written with a flawless plot and fantastic characters, sensitively acted by an ensemble cast, rich with imagery and cool locations and is shot and scored brilliantly. The film has it's own unique look, sounds great, and is coolness personified with loads of inventive film-making technique packed in for good measure and plenty of funny moments to boot.
It's simply put, the best fun I've had in a big dark room full of strangers!