Giants Being Lonely

The act that precipitates the ending is a pure mystery to me. I'd really appreciate a plot spoiler.

This is a stunning debut film for Grear Patterson. As someone who had seen his early videos, it was recognizable; parts of it felt like Grear's films from his beginnings - beautiful, dreamy cinematography, a building sense of foreboding mixed with innocence. There was some confusion for me, between the main characters, and some plot reaches; an ending that might be rethought. But a great achievement for a young filmmaker.

Greer Patterson's art is the stirring and evocative image, which is the heart of film-making and visual storytelling. GBL is stunning frame to frame. A great first film; looking forward to the second, and the third.

A wonderfully vibey and subtle work. The beauty of the camera work and growing suspense engages the audience from beginning to end.

Giants Being Lonely is both a paean to and nightmare of hometown life. The flashing-by visual beauty of the world captures the fleeting of time itself. We feel it set in amber. This beauty serves the emotional fevers of the teenaged boys on the ball team as well as the fevers and appetites of the starved, isolated adults of the town who feed on the boys. Amalia Culp's performance, almost mute but intensely expressive, as the coach's beautiful, terrorized, wandering wife especially stays in my memory.