The Sundance Film Festival has launched the careers of some extraordinary directors—among them, Steven Soderbergh in 1989 with Sex, Lies and Videotape, Quentin Tarantino in 1992 with Reservoir Dogs…
, a documentary that heralds the arrival of another exceptional young directing talent, Lance Oppenheim.
Oppenheim peered beneath the almost maniacally cheerful exterior to focus on a few characters who didn’t quite fit into the community’s “smile ’til it hurts” mold. “They’ve been workaholics to keep from thinking about their problems in life,” Reggie notes of Villagers. “Everybody knows they’re on the brink of death. They’re just ignoring it.”
“I was surprised at how relatable I found many Villagers’ pursuits. Their attempts to find connection, love and meaning were not so dissimilar from my own,” Oppenheim notes in a director’s statement. “In the popular imagination, the elderly transcend their youthful passions to lead placid lives, informed by hard-won wisdom. That may be true for some people, but that stereotype ignores the reality for most older people —who are no less crazy, or complicated, or full of desire than anyone else.
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