One Other Thing
2011 · 7m · UK
Directed by Carlo Ortu
Tones: darkly comic, humorous
After his girlfriend leaves him, Matt — at his best friend Tom's urging — records a phone message that reveals more than he intended, in this Film of the Month on Shootingpeople.org (July 2011), judged by John Waters.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
John Waters picked this as film of the month, which tells you something — there's an edge underneath the romantic comedy surface, and it lives in Ortu's decision to keep the camera on the phone rather than cutting away at the moment of maximum embarrassment.
Voicemail confession comedy. John Waters picked it as Shootingpeople Film of the Month — that's a small but real signal. Probably better than the synopsis sounds.
Carlo Ortu trusts the voicemail — that most ordinary format becomes the container for a devastating confession, shot in a single take. John Waters picked it; the instinct holds.
Festivals
- Shootingpeople.org 2011, Film of the Month (judged by John Waters)