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Reviews
Brown Paper Bag (2022)
It's in the bag!
Klaudia bags this one! Next time I use a brown paper bag...I hope it's this one. Just a well Directed and wonderful film. And the music was so delicious...Short & sweet! Says it all!
Still the Drums (2009)
A tribute to low-bud-indie features; (*But is story in High-Bud format.)
STILL THE DRUMS is a note worthy testimonial for a man acting on his dream; not dreaming how it could be, if...The intrigue; the endgame is the film Simons made from his story:STILL THE DRUM. The performance's of Talbot Perry Simons (Director-Actor-Writer),as Tom; the performance of Bobby Figaro, as Mike; and Fulvio, as Al & entire "platoon" of actors was mesmerizing. The critical, pulsating, and engaging moments of Simons "story to movie" format, were not "feature house" fluff, so mouth watering to a distributor; but the way Simons wrote and directed these moments resulted, whether purposely, or not, into more of a visual translation of a man's instinctive nature in the face of human purpose: truth. Our truth; a man's truth. What is really at the end of the day a man's truth?; even, in the midst of war? This film brings it home.
It seems, these days, the higher the budget for a new film, the more stuff there is flying all over the screen; and there is the loss of story, concept, and basically interest (My eyes spend too much work, blinking.) But what Talbot Perry Simons did with the budget, provided by faithful agony, over, ecstasy is, an example, of truth in film-making as Art; not ambiguity to create confusion. But a fine directorial debut for actor-writer-director, Talbot Perry Simons. Oh...did I mention, I liked STEEL THE DRUMS? duuhh.