Notes on an Appearance
New Directors/New Films 2018
March 28 - April 8, 2018
Ricky D’Ambrose’s dark, minimalist pseudo-detective debut feature follows a quiet young man (Bingham Bryant) who mysteriously disappears after starting a new life in Brooklyn’s artistic circles. Screening with the director’s 2015 short Six Cents in the Pocket.
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Ricky D’Ambrose’s debut feature follows a quiet young man (Bingham Bryant) who mysteriously disappears soon after starting a new life in Brooklyn’s artistic circles. Distraught friends (including Keith Poulson and Tallie Medel) search for him with the help of notebooks, letters, postcards, and other tiny clues; meanwhile, a parallel story about an elusive and controversial philosopher provides a rather sinister backdrop to their pursuit. This dark, minimalist pseudo-detective tale offers plenty of humor and displays a distinctive aesthetic. Following a series of remarkable shorts, D’Ambrose has clearly emerged as a talent to watch. A 2018 New Directors/New Films selection. A Grasshopper Film release.
Preceded by:
Six Cents in the Pocket
Ricky D’Ambrose, USA, 2015, 14m
This hypnotic work of contemporary cinematic modernism—something like Robert Bresson in Park Slope, but not exactly—concerns a young man apartment-sitting for friends as talk of a plane crash ominously lingers in the air. A NYFF53 selection.
An extraordinary new mode of movie narrative.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker
It’s refreshing to see a filmmaker thinking so far outside the box.
—Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times
Has the audacity and sparkle of a young, dare-I-say-“arty” filmmaker ready to play.
—Jordan Hoffman, AM New York
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