curated: “Evan,” an absolutely amazing use of cinema

Very powerful stuff.

After you watch the film, read more about it at Adweek.

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Bluejay
Bluejay
Sat, Dec 03, 2016 9:57pm

Holy shit.

Jurgan
Jurgan
Sun, Dec 04, 2016 8:38am

What the… Did not see that coming.

Dr. Rocketscience
Dr. Rocketscience
Sun, Dec 04, 2016 4:11pm

Well, it’s a clever spot, but a rather facile message. Or, at least, a facile version of the message.

MaryAnn Johanson
reply to  Dr. Rocketscience
Sun, Dec 04, 2016 5:01pm

It’s not what a movie says, but how it says it. :-)

Dr. Rocketscience
Dr. Rocketscience
reply to  MaryAnn Johanson
Mon, Dec 05, 2016 7:53pm

It definitely works as art.

As a public service message, less so.

AA
AA
Tue, Dec 06, 2016 5:34pm

I had heard of this, and I still had trouble spotting it over the *cute* story. So easy to turn away to the happy stuff. And there was the girl that tried to connect with the shooter and got turned away… :(