August
- Director: Eldar Rapaport
- Writer: Eldar Rapaport
- Producer: Alexander Brodzki
CGiii Comment
Expectations are running high...6 years on...this is the feature film of the short: Postmortem.
The obvious questions: did it deserve a feature? Does it fulfill expectations?
The opening scene (and throughout) requires a tripod. We understand cinéma vérité - this is not cinéma vérité.
Littered with padding - scenes of planes overhead, smoking, driving, music-driven sequences...ad nauseam.
There's just not enough material to stretch into a feature.
The matching haircuts takes it to breaking point. And then, it really does fall apart - scraping the bottom of the barrel...eking out those extra minutes...with a threesome - anyone could have seen that coming a mile off.
Focus, depth of field, lens flare, the constant wobble...the cinematographer needs to read the manual.
The answers to the above questions: No and no.
It's not the worst film ever made - not by a long shot - but, there were great expectations...and, it all amounted to a very hefty letdown.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
August tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and decides to phone Jonathan and meet for coffee. A seemingly innocent rendezvous turns into an attempt to revive passions past. Only this time it's not that simple as Jonathan has a new beau, Raul, and is trying to make the right decision a second time around.
Cast & Characters
Murray Bartlett as Troy;
Daniel Dugan as Jonathan;
Adrian Gonzalez as Raul;
Hillary Banks as Nina;
Bernhard Forcher as Sean;
Brad Standley as Devon;
Mike Vaughn as Nick;
Will Bethencourt as Party Guest 3;
Matt Chaney as Beach Guy 1;
Amy Clites as Lisa