Rap World marks the co-directorial debut of Conner O'Malley, who unites with a group of pals to record a rap album in the suburbs of 2009.
is a hangout movie. A period piece. A mockumentary with the feel of a found footage film. A movie destined to wind up on YouTube, oozing with irony, manic energy, nostalgia, and melancholy., Jack Bensinger, and Eric Rahill, and a fourth behind the camera have one night in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania to make it big. They have decided to record a rap album and a documentary about its making.
O’Malley, in his directorial debut, plays the alpha, an aspiring rapper who works at a local movie theater chain. It is there that the film begins, and where he connects with his gleeful collaborators as they launch a night brimming with hope and energy. That all will soon fade, as most great sleepovers do.
Dramatically, the arc of the film so finely captures the joys and complexities of male friendship. The night begins with an overflow of excitement and anticipation. Then ensues the obligatory catch-up, where things get real. A rebound comes in the form of pranks, fast food, and testosterone. Alcohol, weed, and video games follow.
At the post-screening Q&A, the filmmakers seemed reluctant to label their work, even hesitant to call it a film. Of course it is.so clearly recalls the best of the underground movie tradition. Filmmakers like the Kuchar brothers come to mind. The movie has a distinct visual style, resonant of the collaborators’ past works, including thosewill probably live. And it makes sense, for it is where the fictional creators depicted would have most likely placed their opus.
Will DiGravio is a Brooklyn-based critic and researcher, who first contributed to Paste in 2022. He is an assistant editor at Cineaste, a GALECA member, and since 2019 has hostedAugust 14, 2024 | 3:00amAugust 14, 2024 | 2:32pmA Lack of Aid and Water in Gaza Are Creating “A Catastrophe the Size of Which We Don’t Know Yet”
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