Making 'Poor Boy' was an intense, grueling experience for director Robert Scott Wildes, his cast, and his crew. From its first few minutes, Poor Boy, director Robert Scott Wildes’ debut feature, has a quality of otherworldliness to it. This story of two brothers on a criminal quest (and the estranged father they often ruminate over) has elements of a number of familiar stories: tales of desperation, redemption, and fall-from-grace narratives. However, it bears s similarity to those stories in only the sparest of ways. The characters Wildes has written are outliers: a small-time crook nicknamed Prickface, an angry rodeo clown, a trans crime kingpin. The movie is about life in their particular universe, and how it works or, in some cases, doesn’t. Buttressed by outstanding performances by Michael Shannon, Lou Taylor Pucci, and Dov Tiefenbach, the film explores the insides and mechanics of a timeless story. As the film is currently in theaters, No Film School spoke with Wildes about how he took this film to the finish line. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 19 July, 2018