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Title: Shirkers (2018)
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| Sandi Tan | ... | Herself | |
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Sophia Siddique Harvey | ... | Herself |
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Georges Cardona | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
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Philip Cheah | ... | Himself |
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Ben Harrison | ... | Himself |
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Grace Dane Mazur | ... | Herself |
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Jasmine Kin Kia Ng | ... | Herself |
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Stephen Tyler | ... | Himself |
In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan and her friends Sophie and Jasmine shot Singapore's first indie-a road movie called "Shirkers"-with their enigmatic American mentor, Georges Cardona. Sandi wrote the script and played the lead, a killer named S. After shooting wrapped, Georges vanished with all the footage! 20 years later, the 16mm cans are recovered in New Orleans, sending Sandi-now a novelist in Los Angeles-on a new personal odyssey across two continents and many media: 16mm, digital, Hi8, Super8, slides, animation and handwritten letters. A kaleidoscopic punk rock ghost story!
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I heard the Sandi Tan interview on Fresh Air and was intrigued by Shirkers. Went into it with high expectations and thinking I knew what to expect, but was let down as I watched it unfold.
Tan narrates a film that is about her which includes video made by teenagers decades ago, a lot of people talking about Tan, and uninteresting storytelling.
It's a documentary with the seriousness and importance of a historic figure but the subject is a film critic/film maker describing this one mildly interesting thing that happened to her.
The premise was interesting, but it fell apart under the weight of her own self-importance.