Is this the first Dogme 96 snowstick comedy?
“A beaver standing in a field in a wide shot is inherently funny.” Behind the scenes of snowstick comedyThat's the subgenre into which filmmaker Mike Cheslik his new film,“There aren't many,” observes writer and star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews .
“It’s a pretty simple story about a guy going from zero to hero, and mascots falling down and getting hurt. Who doesn’t love that?”would still be one of the best. The ludicrously funny story of down-on-his-luck applejack distiller Jean Kayak who wages a one-man-war on the beavers who wrecked his life, it's a mixture of silent cinema wilderness adventure and absurdist comedy, all shot around Michigan in the dead of winter.
premiered in Austin at Fantastic Fest in 2022. It has become a cult favorite, with the filmmakers taking it on a roadshow tour and winning before its digital release on Amazon and Apple TV. Now it's returning to American cinemas, with the team planning a wider release soon. Not bad for a microbudget black-and-white silent comedy. “It's a pretty simple story about a guy going from zero to hero, and mascots falling down and getting hurt,” says Tews.
“Everyone always says, ‘Oh, I love those old silent Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton movies. Oh, they’re so great. It’s a shame that they don't make ‘em anymore.’ well, you can.” Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, star and writer of: One of the resources you have is a lead actor who is prepared to spend a lot of the shoot naked up a tree.: And he wrote it, so all this stuff is things he agreed to.
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