Also starring Thomas Doherty, the sophomore feature from ‘Holler’ writer-director Nicole Riegel revolves around the creative and romantic sparks between two musicians.
movies and their progeny, an aspiring artist’s struggles are prelude to a melodrama of triumph and conflict, played out in the unforgiving glare of the fame machine’s klieg lights. Nicole Riegel’sturns that template inside out: In its fringe milieu of shadows, the yearning and bursts of inspiration, the discouragement and relentless hard work are not prelude but the main action.
When Dandelion sells her beloved Gibson Les Paul Gold Top electric to help pay for medical treatments for her ailing mother , the moment is all the more excruciating for the understated, matter-of-fact way it unfolds. In her first few hours there, a busted guitar string, cruel heckling and a dead car battery spell doom. But hope and help arrive in the form of Casey , a musician with an inviting smile and a Scottish lilt to his voice. Rejoining the band he once was a part of , he’s embraced warily, the bad blood still simmering.
Sorting out lyrics, melody and harmony, they’re also figuring out who they are to each other, their fast-tracked intimacy not merely physical. Their voices and guitars are in exhilarating sync, but Dandelion, sensing something amiss, pours qualms into her songs. Brainstorming sessions turn into emotional duels, and public performances into standoffs, charged with uncertainty and Dandelion’s fighting spirit. Her creative integrity is Riegel’s core concern.
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