by Aubin Paul
Loren Cass, a punk rock-influenced film first reported on in 2003 has picked up distribution and is being screened in Los Angeles at Laemmle Sunset 5 on Sunset Blvd. The movie is described as "a gritty tale of growing up and fading out. The film follows Cale, Nicole, and Jason through a few weeks of alcohol abuse and loneliness as they struggle to find what's missing." The movie features a live show by Leftover Crack and contributions from Keith Morris and Blag Dahlia
The New York Times had this to say about the film:
Overtly, ingeniously experimental in form, "Loren Cass" cuts among these three and an assortment of local wasted youth in an elliptical, intuitive manner, alternating listless scenes of opaque introspection and booze-fueled bumming around with sharp bursts of violence. The movie is a tour de force of mood and milieu, marshalling a hundred vivid details of landscape: parking lots, packing crates, shopping carts, peeling wallpaper, broken bottles, cheap salads, over-lighted diners, oily garages.
For information on New York showings, visit Laemmle.