If you're looking for highly polished filmmaking, you won't find it in Breakthrough Weekend, a micro-indie from Brooklyn–based filmmaker Sujewa Ekanayake: The camera work is rudimentary, the sound is lousy, and the acting, for the most part, is just a few notches above what you see in homespun TV ads for local furniture dealers.
But Breakthrough Weekend has audacity and poker-faced wit on its side; its wayward pacing and peculiar rhythms recall early Jim Jarmusch, though it has a New York–centric spirit all its own.
The picture, which Ekanayake wrote, directed, shot, and edited (with a crew, according to the credits, of about five people), tracks two days in the life of a guy who's part private detective, part lifestyle guru, Sal Vulpes (Damie...
But Breakthrough Weekend has audacity and poker-faced wit on its side; its wayward pacing and peculiar rhythms recall early Jim Jarmusch, though it has a New York–centric spirit all its own.
The picture, which Ekanayake wrote, directed, shot, and edited (with a crew, according to the credits, of about five people), tracks two days in the life of a guy who's part private detective, part lifestyle guru, Sal Vulpes (Damie...
- 6/11/2014
- Village Voice
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