There’s always something pathetically cringe-worthy when people attempt to co-opt popular culture, and even more so when it’s done in a manner that makes it clear how little the creative work in question is understood. Most recently guilty of such a crime is Star Wars Day being used in an attempt to compare Donald Trump to Yoda.
As nerds all over the world celebrated their love of the enduring saga, a tone-deaf and apparently sincere tweet from the account of Trump’s re-election campaign tried to capitalize on the moment with a choppy edit from the climax of Revenge of the Sith, when Palpatine executes Order 66 to subliminally command the Clone Army to exterminate the Jedi they have spent five years fighting alongside. The clip shows Joe Biden superimposed over Darth Sidious giving the command, while a pair of anonymous troopers dubbed ‘CNN’ and ‘MSNBC’ attempt to kill Yoda,...
As nerds all over the world celebrated their love of the enduring saga, a tone-deaf and apparently sincere tweet from the account of Trump’s re-election campaign tried to capitalize on the moment with a choppy edit from the climax of Revenge of the Sith, when Palpatine executes Order 66 to subliminally command the Clone Army to exterminate the Jedi they have spent five years fighting alongside. The clip shows Joe Biden superimposed over Darth Sidious giving the command, while a pair of anonymous troopers dubbed ‘CNN’ and ‘MSNBC’ attempt to kill Yoda,...
- 5/5/2020
- by Andrew Marshall
- We Got This Covered
"Aw, sorry about your bike!" Gravitas Ventures has unveiled an official trailer for an indie comedy titled The 4th, which actually premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year (not this year). The 4th is the feature directorial debut of a comedian/actor named Andre Hyland, who takes us on a wacky trip through Los Angeles. Hyland also stars as the main character, Jamie. The story is simple - a scruffy dude in La tries to throw a cookout for his friends during 4th of July. But on his way to the store, he gets into an accident and everything goes nuts, throwing his whole life into disarray. Co-starring Anna Lee Lawson, Yasmine Kittles, Dugan O'Neal, and Jeff Carpenter. This doesn't look that good, but maybe it's just the trailer. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Andre Hyland's The 4th, direct from Gravitas' YouTube: It's the 4th of July...
- 6/23/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Going into The 4th, I didn't know what to expect. I knew it was about a guy getting lighter fluid, but certainly there must be more than just that? Right? Kinda, but kinda not.
The film is directed by, written by, produced by, and stars Andre Hyland as a guy who forgot to pick up his lighter fluid for his Fourth of July party he is having and doesn't want to go back to the store to pick it up, because it's too long to walk back and too short to drive, especially because he has the perfect parking spot. So he borrows his roomate's bicycle and begins an epic journey of mediocrity and adventure. He meets up with assholes of all shapes and sizes, and eventually makes it home.
This movie was remarkable, because it took something as simple as going to back to a convenience store and turned...
The film is directed by, written by, produced by, and stars Andre Hyland as a guy who forgot to pick up his lighter fluid for his Fourth of July party he is having and doesn't want to go back to the store to pick it up, because it's too long to walk back and too short to drive, especially because he has the perfect parking spot. So he borrows his roomate's bicycle and begins an epic journey of mediocrity and adventure. He meets up with assholes of all shapes and sizes, and eventually makes it home.
This movie was remarkable, because it took something as simple as going to back to a convenience store and turned...
- 1/31/2016
- by Bryam Dayley
- GeekTyrant
Shane Bruce Johnston and Charles J. Gibson are two first time feature film cinematographers on The 4th, the debut feature from director/actor Andre Hyland. Both DPs have worked with Hyland before. Johnston shot Hyland’s 2014 Sundance short Funnel, while Gibson has worked with Hyland in addition to his work such bigger-budget films as Her and Cake. In this interview with Filmmaker, the two DPs discuss shooting without full script, using only natural light, and the “16mm film grittiness” of the Blackmagic Film Camera. The 4th debuted as part of the Next program at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Filmmaker: How and why did you […]...
- 1/29/2016
- by Soheil Rezayazdi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Shane Bruce Johnston and Charles J. Gibson are two first time feature film cinematographers on The 4th, the debut feature from director/actor Andre Hyland. Both DPs have worked with Hyland before. Johnston shot Hyland’s 2014 Sundance short Funnel, while Gibson has worked with Hyland in addition to his work such bigger-budget films as Her and Cake. In this interview with Filmmaker, the two DPs discuss shooting without full script, using only natural light, and the “16mm film grittiness” of the Blackmagic Film Camera. The 4th debuted as part of the Next program at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Filmmaker: How and why did you […]...
- 1/29/2016
- by Soheil Rezayazdi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Andre Hyland: 1. Norman Gunston, funny and weird Australian talk show host from the 70′-90s that I discovered via youtube… the dude was ahead of his time. If you like Tom Green, Eric Andre…you’ll appreciate Gunston.
2. 2Wet Crew, my favorite youtube series…super funny! (full disclosure, I’m in a couple eps..but I’d love it even if I had no involvement).
3. The Dolly Parton Song “Jolene“.
Lavallee: Visual, situational, the mundane and the absurd, if we had to categorize your brand of humor based on your Sundance short Funnel we could say it’s a mix of all of the above. Was wondering for The 4th, how you move from inspiration into the writing – how does that process work.
Hyland: Lots of my work is sort of a “Best of” compilation of annoying absurd situations I...
Andre Hyland: 1. Norman Gunston, funny and weird Australian talk show host from the 70′-90s that I discovered via youtube… the dude was ahead of his time. If you like Tom Green, Eric Andre…you’ll appreciate Gunston.
2. 2Wet Crew, my favorite youtube series…super funny! (full disclosure, I’m in a couple eps..but I’d love it even if I had no involvement).
3. The Dolly Parton Song “Jolene“.
Lavallee: Visual, situational, the mundane and the absurd, if we had to categorize your brand of humor based on your Sundance short Funnel we could say it’s a mix of all of the above. Was wondering for The 4th, how you move from inspiration into the writing – how does that process work.
Hyland: Lots of my work is sort of a “Best of” compilation of annoying absurd situations I...
- 1/23/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Editor's Note: Andre Hyland's Sundance short "The Funnel" was a laugh out loud funny film that brought a fresh angle to the indie slacker comedy. That's why the character's return in "The 4th" has many very curious to see if triple hyphenate can sustain the same low-stakes, lo-fi comedy over 80 minutes. Hyland's approach certainly hasn't changed. "The 4th" started off as two-day short that would give him an opportunity to learn a new piece of editing software, but soon became a four-day shoot and a large chunk of the feature that will be premiering at Park City on Saturday night. As Hyland writes, "I knew once I finished the film I’d either have a low budget feature, a long short film, or a mess I could learn from." We asked Hyland to share with us his keep-on-making-stuff approach that's led him on a decade-long journey through a collection of comedic characters and styles,...
- 1/21/2016
- by Andre Hyland
- Indiewire
Read More: The 2016 Sundance Springboard: 11 Potential Breakthrough Actors Comedian Andre Hyland is a self-described one-man band. Nowhere is this more apparent than his debut feature "The 4th," in which he is the writer, director and lead actor. The comedy will be premiering at Sundance this week. "The 4th" stars Hyland as Jamie, a twenty-something in La trying to throw together a cookout for the 4th of July while his roommate is out of town. A quick trip to buy lighter fluid soon causes his plans to go up in smoke. The quirky cast of characters he runs into are loosely based on encounters from Hyland's real life. Hyland describes the film as "one character’s journey on a low-stakes, pathetic adventure." "The 4th" is debuting at Sundance this week. Watch the exclusive clip above. Read More: The 2016 Indiewire Sundance Bible: All the Reviews, Interviews and News Posted During The Festival...
- 1/21/2016
- by Bryn Gelbart
- Indiewire
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