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#THE STORYO OF AH Q MOVIE#
Godard was not the first Cahiers du Cinema critic who got a chance to make his own movie that honor went to Godard's friend and rival Francois Truffaut who, in 1959, made the deeply autobiographical and obviously heartfelt character study "The 400 Blows." Not to get too heavy-handed about what is an adorable but imminently forgettable little film, but watching it made me think about Jean-Luc Godard when he got the opportunity to make "A bout de souffle," the movie we know as "Breathless." If you do like it, it will likely be because you are seeing around the sides of the movie and enjoying the spirit and the cast and crew involved. "New West" is an inside joke, and like all inside jokes it has the potential to be divisive. It has no aspirations beyond amusing its makers and its audience, in that order. It's sort of Quentin Tarantino meets Bojack Horseman without any of the existential blather, a self-consciously low-budget bloody murder comedy that embraces both its literal and intellectual poverty. I like the audacity of "New West." It is a slight and filthy thing that I imagine was a lot of fun to make. Lots of people start movies very few actually finish them, and very few of those "finished" movies ever get played on a big screen before paying customers in a real theater. I saw "New West" a couple of weeks ago it's good for Mears and company and for the vitality of the local film scene. or so - you could still get supper and think about what you've just seen.
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and there's a Q&A with Mears and members of the cast and crew after the show. A ticket will cost you $10, and the movie runs about 45 minutes. If you're interested in what is going on in the Arkansas film community you might check it out. 25, the Arkansas Cinema Society will present Jordan Mears' "New West" as part of its Filmmaker Spotlight series.