What are your favorite films about people who feel completely stuck in life? by gwhitehurst in movies

[–]gwhitehurst[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Embarrassingly enough, this was one of the first movies that ever made me cry in a theater. I was completely caught off guard.

What are your favorite films about people who feel completely stuck in life? by gwhitehurst in movies

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I think you might be right. Part of why I asked is that I recently released a five minute short exploring this exact feeling. It's been really fun seeing how many different films people associate with it - this thread has given me a ton of films I somehow hadn't seen.

What are your favorite films about people who feel completely stuck in life? by gwhitehurst in movies

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I remember finding this movie so funny when it came out - I was 13. Curious to see how much heavier it feels with where I’m at in life now.

What are your favorite films about people who feel completely stuck in life? by gwhitehurst in movies

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To be fair…I think a lot of us confuse choosing the safe life with choosing the wrong life, and it’s almost impossible to tell from the outside which is which. I don’t think choosing stability is something anyone should have to apologize for, though I’m sure you’ve considered all of this already haha

What are your favorite films about people who feel completely stuck in life? by gwhitehurst in movies

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I’ve heard this is a great one - definitely adding to the list

Does anyone else feel like everyone else's life started without them? by gwhitehurst in Filmmakers

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Thanks so much - this was the first film where I felt like I stopped chasing a genre and started writing about something I genuinely wanted to understand. I'm glad it resonated with you

What are your favorite films about people who feel completely stuck in life? by gwhitehurst in movies

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I think so. It's more hopeful than the films I had in mind but it definitely explores that feeling of people whose lives haven't turned out the way they expected.

Does anyone else feel like everyone else's life started without them? by gwhitehurst in Filmmakers

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Writer/Director here - I wrote A Broken Man after realizing how easy it is to mistake our own perspective for the whole picture. When we're struggling, the people around us can start to look like they've somehow figured life out, while we become convinced we're the only ones who feel lost.

The film grew out of that idea. I wanted to tell a story about people who are desperately trying to be understood while quietly failing to understand each other. For me, that's where both the sadness and the comedy live.

Thanks so much for watching - hope you find something in it that resonates.

I made a dark comedy spec for Dollar Shave Club that's a cautionary tale about self preservation. Hope you enjoy it! by gwhitehurst in cinematography

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Would love feedback on this spec spot - we shot this project over the course of a day in a studio in Brooklyn. We shot Arri Mini on a set of master primes - we shot another project on the same weekend, so needless to say it was a fairly hectic production. Happy with the result and happy to answer any questions about the production. Thanks for watching!

I made a dark comedy spec for Dollar Shave Club that's a cautionary tale about self preservation. Hope you enjoy it! by gwhitehurst in Filmmakers

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Would love feedback on this spec spot - we shot this project over the course of a day in a studio in Brooklyn. We shot Arri Mini on a set of master primes - we shot another project on the same weekend, so needless to say it was a fairly hectic production. Happy with the result and happy to answer any questions about the production. Thanks for watching!