Waydowntown (2002)
Four young office workers have a bet going to see who can last the longest without going outside. In the maze that is the downtown core of a large city, glass skywalks connect apartment buildings, office towers and shopping malls. Its day 28 of the bet and over the lunch hour, as the office prepares for the company founder's retirement party, things start to seriously unravel.
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This is one of those film school reject affectations by a director who should know better. Blurry insipid images show a world that really isn't that interesting about people that really don't matter. A real time waster. I wouldn't be reviewing it if so IFC and Sundance weren't hyping it so much.
I saw this movie in my grade 10 English class and thought it was awesome! I loved the characters quirky character flaws and thought it had the perfect mixture of suspense and grotesque thrills. I also got to meet the film maker Gary Burns when he came to visit my English and Broadcasting classes and I must say that he is SO nice and gave us all some insight to the world of film making and writing.I think Gary Burns' style is very unique and interesting because of everything he puts into his characters. They seem real, like they could be the person next to you on the bus heading downtown. Another Gary Burns film I've seen is Kitchen Party, which, while different, has the same charming effect that Waydowntown brought to the film world.
I bought this movie for $ 0.99 in the bargain bin at Blockbuster. (At that price, the only thing a guy can waste on a movie such as this is the time it takes to watch it.) It was not a waste of time. It is kind of an odd movie. It seems to be struggling to be some kind of "arty" film, but doesn't really succeed that well. It is kind of rough around the edges, but I like seeing unfamiliar actors do their thing. Some pretty funny parts in amongst the wierdness. I do not regret buying this movie for a dollar and will probably watch it at least one more time.
i saw this movie at the WI film fest in madison, which was the midwest premier, complete with the director there for comments and questions after the movie....anyways, although i heard some noise about how the movie was was basically Office Space and Fight Club mixed. This ended up not to be the case. With a great storyline, excellent acting, and nice color, this movie was quite entertaining. Oddly enough, the movie was filmed on DV, yet it doesn't show TOO much after the conversion to film. definately worth it.