The day-to-day grind of office life is something most of us tolerate to make a living, but for Marty in Joel Potrykus' "Buzzard," it's an indignity that's beneath him. He's always got some kind of con going on, but his latest scheme is one that will find him in over his head. And today, we have an exclusive clip from the edgy film that won a Special Mention Award from the Junior Jury at the Locarno International Film Festival. Written, directed and starring Joel Potrykus along with Joshua Burge, Teri Ann Nelson, Alan Longstreet, Rico Bruce Wade and Katie Call, the story zeroes in on Marty who seizes an opportunity when it lands right in his lap. Entrusted with some undelivered checks, the young man soon sees the possibility to make some cash, and as you'll see in the sequence below, he's figured out a way to forge the required signatures.
- 3/5/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
" 'Buzzard'...trumps all generic blockbusters in that it very much is a roller coaster ride, one that thrills, upsets and makes one queasy, all in surprising ways," we wrote in our review out of the New Directors/New Films fest last spring. If you're tired of the tentpole formula and are looking for a film with an original voice and a twisted sense of humor, then this is one you'll probably want to see. You can give "Buzzard" a test run with the first trailer arriving today. Written, directed and starring Joel Potrykus along with Joshua Burge, Teri Ann Nelson, Alan Longstreet, Rico Bruce Wade, and Katie Call, the film follows Marty, a small-time scam artist who goes on the run following his latest scheme. And while comedy is at the fore in the beginning of the picture, the tone soon turns a bit darker, as Marty tries...
- 1/13/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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