FAILED STATE
FAILED STATE
dir. Mitch Blummer and Christopher Jason Bell, 2023
United States. 85 min.
In English.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Bennett Glace
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 - 5PM w Q+A moderated by Ted Schaeffer
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Kyle Turner
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Steve MacFarlane
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Jessie Rovinelli
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Blair McClendon
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Stephanie Gross
Set during the height of COVID, Dale spends the majority of his time transporting various goods to people while attempting to carve out a social life in-between. Eventually the weight of work, his declining health and decaying social relations become too heavy to bear.
After an international premiere at the Torino Film Festival and a US premiere at the Sidewalk Film Festival, Spectacle is thrilled to welcome filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell (director of previous Spectacle-approved films (or mini-series) THE WINDS THAT SCATTER and MISS ME YET?) for a week long run of his new feature film, FAILED STATE, co-directed with DP Mitch Blummer.
It is all too-rare to see American filmmakers engaging so directly with politics in an increasingly bleak work-for-hire-gig-focused economy, especially in ways that don't involve 20-or-30-something's struggling to navigate their burgeoning adulthood.
FAILED STATE tackles uncomfortable conversations about work, aging, healthcare, and the limits of community - a master class in naturalism-turned-something-else, featuring a stellar lead performance by Chris Bell's regular collaborator Dale A. Smith (TRAMMEL, THE FINGER).
FAILED STATE
dir. Mitch Blummer and Christopher Jason Bell, 2023
United States. 85 min.
In English.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Bennett Glace
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 - 5PM w Q+A moderated by Ted Schaeffer
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Kyle Turner
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Steve MacFarlane
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Jessie Rovinelli
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Blair McClendon
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 - 7:30PM w Q+A moderated by Stephanie Gross
Set during the height of COVID, Dale spends the majority of his time transporting various goods to people while attempting to carve out a social life in-between. Eventually the weight of work, his declining health and decaying social relations become too heavy to bear.
After an international premiere at the Torino Film Festival and a US premiere at the Sidewalk Film Festival, Spectacle is thrilled to welcome filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell (director of previous Spectacle-approved films (or mini-series) THE WINDS THAT SCATTER and MISS ME YET?) for a week long run of his new feature film, FAILED STATE, co-directed with DP Mitch Blummer.
It is all too-rare to see American filmmakers engaging so directly with politics in an increasingly bleak work-for-hire-gig-focused economy, especially in ways that don't involve 20-or-30-something's struggling to navigate their burgeoning adulthood.
FAILED STATE tackles uncomfortable conversations about work, aging, healthcare, and the limits of community - a master class in naturalism-turned-something-else, featuring a stellar lead performance by Chris Bell's regular collaborator Dale A. Smith (TRAMMEL, THE FINGER).
