HOOT keeps it simple. With a deliciously (and palette cleansing) straightforward storyline, you get a great picture. The visual textures of the pajama stripes, the frosty branches, the lonely middle aged man with a sad agenda all add to a laughable and fun show.
And it's a story line we have all lived. Remember that woodpecker that annoyed the fuck out of you? That crow that never went away? The boogeyman that never left the closet?
At this point, from what I have viewed of Patrick Rea's films, he takes whimsical and comical concepts and films them in a literal, visceral sense. He makes fun of the everyday events and turns them scary.
You surely can't be mad at a feathery antagonist...but maybe he's not the antagonist at all.
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HOOT is screening at our next showcase on Monday, May 2 at Screenland Armour in Kansas City, Missouri. RSVP here.
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