"Falling Like This" uses the DV form absolutely perfectly, giving the entire story a realistic, riveting, fly-on-the-wall feel. Lots of films use handheld to achieve realism, but too many times this technique tries to cover up bad writing and acting. But this film has it all. Who among us didn't know a genuine, charismatic, doomed "bad boy" like this growing up? Not to mention an upper-middle class girl who was hopelessly drawn to him? The acting is absolutely amazing. I don't know how the director pulled it off. A film like this is what everyone in the French New Wave was going for, but so few attained. I went to see this in San Francisco at a digital film festival, after seeing a glowing endorsement from Cameron Crowe. Boy, was he right. I'm getting ready to shoot a short, and I'd like nothing better than to achieve the same feel and emotion of this film.
Review of Falling Like This
