'Finding Midnight's Kiss': What independent films should look like

Adela 2022-12-03 05:46:07

It all started because he wanted a kiss at midnight this New Year's Eve. Wilson is 29 years old, just arrived in Los Angeles for a year, working as a clerk in a video store, and we know from the Woody Allen-esque opening of the movie, he was quite depressed, people said he was a loner and seemed to be addicted In the infinite sadness of breaking up with his girlfriend before coming to LA. Yes, he has been single this year. He even took pictures of his roommate Jacob's girlfriend and masturbated with relish while looking at it. He was embarrassed by Jacob once, but he was not thrown out of the window. Jacob was a good guy, and he convinced the poor guy to post a friend revelation on the site. The blond Vivian appeared just in time, this dreamy woman in Wilson's eyes simply took his soul away. Regarding the heroine Sara Simmonds who plays Vivian, you might want to watch a "Call of Innocence" to get to know her better.
The story is simple, but we still need to mention one point. The further back the film is, the more concise the character relationships are, and the more dramatic the plot is. In all likelihood, you will be moved to tears. For female audiences, it's too lethal. Remember director Alex Holdridge, this young director from Texas, people say he has an immeasurable talent for managing the emotions of a story, a light comedy that is not lacking in blandness, and he is very good at it. Mysterious power, mixed with just the right amount of sentimentality. As a screenwriter, Holdridge's grasp of the details and subtleties of his lines cannot be ignored. We even doubt that if the movie were longer, we would fall in love with the director. But Holdridge's next film, we're definitely looking forward to it.
Also, as a film set in Los Angeles, Holdridge takes us through cityscapes that you don't see on a postcard, should we call it a painterly style? In any case, it should go hand in hand with Los Angeles films like L.A. Confidential.

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In Search of a Midnight Kiss quotes

  • Wilson: Misanthrope seeks misanthrope. Honestly, if you respond to this ad then you are probably not the kind of woman I'd go out with. I guess I'm lonely and it's new years and I'm willing to embarrass the hell out of myself with this ad. About me: My girlfriends over the years have been intelligent and beautiful, in the end they have all broken my heart, whatever that means. My friend says I have to have a foto, so here it is. Talk to you soon. Wilson.

  • [first lines]

    Wilson: The midnight kiss. It's not just another kiss. It's all the hope of romance of the year culminating in just one moment. And that over-hyped kiss, in which there is so much calling, texting, I.M.-ing, planning, hurrying, drinking to make happen, is set at a moment when time itself takes center stage, when you can palpably feel the weight of the year to come, mix with the loneliness and missed opportunities of the years gone by.

    [pause]

    Wilson: For years I used to work at a video store, and on new year's, I would always deal with what I thought were my people... those brokenhearted soles that hated the whole pageantry of the night, the ones who wanted to quietly and privately wallow in their own self-pity, getting drunk on the fictional romance and heartbreak of others.

    [pause]

    Wilson: That was me... the lonely, hunkered-down type waiting for the night to blow over. But sometimes when you are so low you can no longer follow that routine anymore...