![]() ![]() Nor'easter tells the story of Eric Angstrom (David Call), a young priest assigned to an island off the coast of Maine after the former Father's scandalous resignation. It's setting up a third act that provides some of the tensest moments to be found onscreen this year. Nor'easter also seems to drag along throughout its short runtime, but that's because it's a slow burn. None of this is explicitly stated, which almost makes it worse, because Brotzman doesn't have to tell you what's going on in the pit of your stomach, you understand. There are no gore scenes or graphic depictions, but there is thematic content involving abuse, Stockholm Syndrome, religious guilt and implied pedophilia. This is why the VOD model is so good for independent filmmakers: Because the distribution method allows better matching of viewer to artist, the film will have a smaller audience, but it will be the one that it deserves. Nor'easter is one such frustrating film, completely polarizing in its nature because the things that make it so good for cinephiles and purveyors of independent film also render it inaccessible to more mainstream audiences. REALITY: Sometimes a film comes along that is truly fascinating and masterful, and you want to recommend it to everyone that you know, until you realize that most of the people you know will not enjoy it. MILF and Suing the Devil also met those standards. So we had a deliberation and decided that because this is a movie, and it has been released currently, that means it meets the clearly defined criteria for coverage here at Current Releases. It had people in it that had been in things. ![]() That's why it was such a bizarre occurrence when forums member Exree, also known as writer/director Andrew Brotzman (who has no idea we're reviewing this, by the way), showed up to promote Nor'easter. Usually it's just a series of poorly lit YouTube shorts filled with unfunny inside jokes that "all my friends thought were so awesome lol." We gather around to mock the videos, and the fledgling filmmaker has an internet meltdown, storms off, and is never seen again. "Vargo" SchneiderĮXPECTATIONS: It's always fun when someone shows up on our very own Something Awful forums to promote a movie they made themselves.
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