Coup de Cinema

I feel it's a almost right of passage for a filmmaker to stumble a bit with their first feature film. But every so often you get ones who nail it right out of the gate. Coup d Cinema is one of those times. Even more so impressively is that the director was just 21 years old with a budget of only $15,000. How he managed to pull that off is a testament to his talent.

The cast is great. The stand outs being he two leads Austin Hillebrecht (Who also co-wrote/directed it) and Dennis Fitzpatrick. But throughout the film all the characters have great chemistry. The dialog is snappy and well written. Almost Tarantino-esuqe, but without all the unnecessary fluff. The production value is also incredibly solid, specially for how low of a budget they had. Sound is clean, visuals are on point, and the whole film just glistens with professionalism.

Overall I highly recommend this one. You can catch it on Amazon Prime!

This was a cute film done on a low budget in and around the Portland, Oregon area. Some of the indoor scenes are a little too dimly lit, but the acting was good, as was the soundtrack. I laughed out loud a number of times while watching it. The co-directors are both relatively young and have done a number of shorter films before. This is professionally directed, professionally acted and professionally shot. Yes, there are some of the usual clichés here but they do not belabor any point and the pace moves along pretty well. A number of good local actors were used as well as some non-actors. It was so well done, though, that there is no taste of amateur anywhere in it.

This was a fantastic film. Some may say it was great for for being shot on a low budget, or with volunteer actors, or because the filmmakers are in their early 20's. While all of those may be true, it's not necessary to qualify a "it's a great film because..." statement. It's just a great film anyway, on any budget, with any type of actors and a writer/director of any age.

It's very tight with nothing useless and the characters are very lovable, yet real. It was funny and poignant.

The director is 23, yet he's already making a film about a character that truly loves film. Many young directors' protagonists are glorious heroes, but Parker's is a real, passionate young man whose head is focused on the quality of his work, not on the financial benefits of making film.

It's a filmmaker's film, but good for everyone!