PATRICK MCGUINN’S DOUBLE WHAMMY
It was nice to see underground filmmaker Patrick McGuinn get theatrical distribution for his feature Sunkissed last year; despite mixed reviews the psychological thriller found fans with it’s striking visuals and story of homosexual obsession. Something of a festival darling, McGuinn has steadfastly continued to make his very personal, very weird films over the years, with barely any concession to commercial parameters… yet the work itself is, oddly enough, quite accessible and fun. We dare-say this is a young filmmaker we’ll be hearing a lot more of in the next few years.
For now, a double whammy: Sunkissed gets it’s DVD release on Wolfe Video, as does the rather unfortunately titled The Pursuit Of Happyness (yes, it came first), an insightful documentary on Chicago’s indie-pop duo The Aluminum Group, from First Run Features. Check out the very cool bonus music videos, which you won’t catch on VH1. Yet.
