Two men walk into a bar with a camera. Here’s what happens. It’s not the setup of a joke, it’s the filmmaking technique of brothers Bill Turner and Ross Turner. To the Ross brothers, the world is a stage, and the lines between reality and artifice merely constructs. Some call it bold. Some call it chicanery. And some call it much more real than a documentary. In Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, it’s last call for a much loved bar known as the Roaring Twenties. We float through a booze-soaked night with a myriad of somewhat-real people in a somewhat real place. It's an intoxicating cinematic experience that as a filmmaker, leaves you wondering what the hell did I just watch? Controversially, the film was programmed in the U.S Documentary program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. According to the filmmakers, some moviegoers were so pissed after understanding how the film was made, they asked for their money back! But if you aren’t breaking some rules, you aren’t doing anything very exciting. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 3 August, 2020