2011
M
Contains offensive language.
Teenage second cousins Jess (Sarah Hagan) and Moss (Austin Vickers) spend their last summer together in the farmlands of Kentucky. As the rhythm of the season exerts its gentle pull, the two explore the beauty of their natural environment and the emotional undercurrents of their unique relationship. Director Clay Jeter purposely used expired or aged film stock to evoke the poignancy of his characters' fading world.
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Reviewer: Aaron Yap
Date Added: 5 Mar 2012
Aaron's Rating:4.0
Echoing the grungy misfit cinema of Harmony Korine and the otherworldly reveries of Terence Malick, Clay Jeter’s indie debut is a hypnotic tone-poem about the unusual bond between second cousins 18-year-old Jess (Sarah Hagan) and 12-year-old Moss (Austin Vickers) in rural Kentucky over one summer. The film’s not recommended for those who require a three-act narrative; much of what happens is limited to Jess and Moss hanging out, riding on their bikes and doing nothing in particular. But through a delicate assemblage of images and sounds - abandoned homes, old photographs, tape recordings - Jeter conjures an ethereal, abstract, painterly evocation of memories. It's a work of warm, decaying beauty that’ll appeal to anyone with an interest in low-budget experimental filmmaking.
