Train Station

Innovative and entertaining, this film rocks. It keeps you engaged, as the pace, the scenery, and the actors are constantly changing, though the story is consistent and well-told. Just when you think you know where the story is heading, it goes in the opposite direction, then back to the opposite of the opposite direction. It makes you pay attention, makes you think, and afterward, you'll feel like taking a moment to absorb it all. It's funny, sad, freaky, it has a bit of a lot. The diversity of the filmmakers and styles makes this film worth watching. It's impressive that so many filmmakers from all around the world worked together to piece this project together. I look forward to future Collab projects.

Watching the trailer, I know this is not going to be an artsy or high value movie but out of curiosity, I still watch it. I wonder what's the idea of those "choices" and even if the movie is bad, I hope I can still see 25 cities or train stations. It turn out NONE ! There are no major surprise in the plots or the "choices", nothing that ties up all the choices, some acting are horrible, especially the young Asian Chinese pair, hardly any outdoor scenes where I can see the cities, no train station scenes other than some close up ticketing counters. I give it a 5 just for its "idea" although there is nothing interesting or intelligent about it.

After witnessing Todd Solondz's PALINDROMES, I thought I had seen it all: A story about one girl but told with 7 or 8 different actors (of all ages/sizes/races/genders) portraying the girl during different emotional times in her life. It blew me away and I loved the conceit; it sparked many a long and interesting conversation among others who had seen the film. Then I saw CollabFeature's TRAIN STATION. Nothing could prepare me for this rich, layered, beautiful experiment in filmmaking history. Similar to PALINDROMES, the story follows one person, the Man in Brown, as his journey plays out in 40 different alternate universes, switching locations around the globe in a split second but not breaking the momentum, only propelling it forward. The film was created collaboratively online and most of the 40 directors have never even met. Together, they helped develop the plot and characters and then each filmed his or her segment and then it was delicately put together creating complete awesomeness. It's an insightful cultural smorgasbord and has the vibe of RUN LOLA RUN or SLIDING DOORS, with a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure kinda feel to it. Always intriguing and often surprising, TRAIN STATION can only keep the viewer guessing as it chugs along its international trek, covering the grounds of dozens of filmmakers from around the world who have individually come together to create a single, beautiful and intricate work of art.

Just a fantastic film. Deserves to be seen again and again. Its a start of a new genre in cinema. Multiple directors from different parts of the world telling a single story in a unique way. A must watch for film lovers. Train Station is a surreal and unique journey of a single character who is never called by a name in the film, he is dressed in brown and that is how you know it's the same character changing as the demography of the story changes. The film is about the journey this character takes that starts from the 'train station'. This also has some very beautiful seamless transition in editing. Even though the main character changes its sex, age, country, the story still feels a single unit because of its editing.

Bringing together so many film makers from around the world and creating a feature film which is highly entertaining, thought - provoking, clever, imaginative and unique. It deserves to be watched and watched again. Truly a milestone in cinema history. The basic premise of one character changing bodies, languages, countries, age and sex yet being in the same story and selection of stories is a very clever device. Spanish director Luis Buñuel of course did this in Obscure Object of Desire, but only with 2 actors - Train Station takes this a whole lot further and it takes a few minutes to grasp what is happening, but once involved in the film the viewer is transported into this world and actually looks forward to the next change. This film is a rich tapestry of genre and story, like I said, an amazing achievement.