I’m about to begin Day 6, and I’m still in the process of finishing Day 3 coverage on the site. Fact is, there is only a limited available amount of time each day to write out something before crashing and waking up 6 hours for the next day of screenings. So I grabbed a midnight showing to the second official screening to Habib Azar’s Armless, and I’ve got to say that the NEXT section is what it is – small films that are a little rough around the edges but manage to deliver the goods. Here we have an original story idea, that takes on a disturbing subject matter with a generous dose of comedic strokes — think Downloading Nancy with taboo comedy – I’m thinking daytime soaps certainly influenced Azar’s approach.
….I took a pic of the poster and deliberately worked it to reflect the larger theme of the film – how one person’s “distorted” view manages to derail any sensible future plans with the wife. Daniel London (Old Joy) gets some surprisingly great support from supporting actors Janel Moloney, Matt Walton and a sassy Zoe Lister Jones. Full review coming post-fest.
