In contemporary society, the truth is elastic. It’s hard to pin down. With so much information accessible via the internet, everyone has their own opinions and facts based on a whole host of ‘credible’ sources. The confusion and anxiety birthed by this notion are front-and-centre of Jon Ryan Sugimoto’s latest comedy short Gut Punch, which sees three locals in a New York bodega convene and converse over the truth behind antibiotics. Sugimoto’s film isn’t a lecture though and doesn’t contain a lesson to be learned, instead he asks that we all just take a step back and laugh at the sheer messiness of the situation itself. Dn took the opportunity of the film’s recent online release to speak with Sugimoto about the genesis of Gut Punch, how he cast the semantic comedy via direct messages and the choice to self-release the short.
What I...
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- 8/24/2023
- by James Maitre
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