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DUSTIN MORROW
images, words, and films by portland-based professor/filmmaker dustin morrow
visit the artist's full website: www.dustinmorrow.com
Pregame
Thanks to everyone at the Pickford Film Center for hosting my film Everything Went Down this weekend - we nearly sold out the theater, and the post-film Q & A was a lot of fun! Love ya, Bellingham!
![In the new Portland Vanguard, Louie Opatz writes of my new film, “[Kate Tucker’s] music becomes like another character, or perhaps a narrator, subtly guiding the story’s arc. Everything Went Down takes an organic, naturalistic approach to the musical genre, similar to John Carney’s 2006 surprise hit Once: there’s no dancing in the streets or impromptu sing-alongs in Morrow’s film…a gorgeous ride with a pretty killer mix tape drifting out of the speakers.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/74e22c86f379ada163a5a42ff59fb043/tumblr_mmt7ld19v01qg99i4o1_1280.jpg)
In the new Portland Vanguard, Louie Opatz writes of my new film, “[Kate Tucker’s] music becomes like another character, or perhaps a narrator, subtly guiding the story’s arc. Everything Went Down takes an organic, naturalistic approach to the musical genre, similar to John Carney’s 2006 surprise hit Once: there’s no dancing in the streets or impromptu sing-alongs in Morrow’s film…a gorgeous ride with a pretty killer mix tape drifting out of the speakers.”
In the new issue of Cascadia Weekly, critic Carey Ross gives my film Everything Went Down four stars!
Premonition
Everything Went Down is screening this Thursday at 6:30pm at the Pickford Film Center in Bellingham, Wa! I will be in attendance for a Q&A after the film.
Tickets here: http://prod3.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=51951~012afb57-b3db-41ed-b89c-57c831686159&epguid=2a26c738-87c4-4e5f-8085-d98c5222d190&
Seven Shots
![My new film has been very fortunate to get some lovely reviews this week. Here are some excerpts:
“Editor’s Pick!”
– Portland Monthly Magazine
“A haunting soundtrack expresses an emotional narrative”
“An ode to the natural beauty of the Northwest as much as a tale of a developing relationship.”
“The film successfully captures the awkwardness and excitement of befriending someone new, and how it can bring hope to struggle.”
-Kaitie Todd, Willamette Week
“Everything Went Down doesn’t fit most people’s concept of the [musical] genre. It’s more of a contemporary take on the form – an iPod musical, if you will – that perhaps fits better with how we hear and consume music right now.”
“Tucker’s songs are pretty, and the script avoids the expected manic-pixie tropes in favor of something a little more raw.”
-Jamie Rich, The Oregonian
“If you are a fan of the indie musical Once, you will probably enjoy Everything Went Down just as much – like that film, this one takes the musical genre into a much more incidental and realistic world, and still manages to leave one feeling the music as both a delightful standout and an equal narrative to the dialogue as opposed to just being in the background.”
“The performances by Kate Tucker (who has never acted in a film before this one and had me completely forgetting this fact) and Noah Drew are both heart-warming and quite shockingly realistic.”
“The story allows you to focus on why these two people are necessary for each other’s company. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen films where a story about friendship that develops between two people is a bigger focus than a love story, but without giving too much away, I can say with great certainty that if you happen to share my point of view that love is built on friendship, you will enjoy this story just as much as you will love the film for Kate Tucker’s music.”
-Chris McGovern, The Glass](http://25.media.tumblr.com/1bea52700f1837c0c374d1480102e4b1/tumblr_mm6lrwhem11qg99i4o1_400.jpg)
My new film has been very fortunate to get some lovely reviews this week. Here are some excerpts:
“Editor’s Pick!”
– Portland Monthly Magazine
“A haunting soundtrack expresses an emotional narrative”
“An ode to the natural beauty of the Northwest as much as a tale of a developing relationship.”
“The film successfully captures the awkwardness and excitement of befriending someone new, and how it can bring hope to struggle.”
-Kaitie Todd, Willamette Week
“Everything Went Down doesn’t fit most people’s concept of the [musical] genre. It’s more of a contemporary take on the form – an iPod musical, if you will – that perhaps fits better with how we hear and consume music right now.”
“Tucker’s songs are pretty, and the script avoids the expected manic-pixie tropes in favor of something a little more raw.”
-Jamie Rich, The Oregonian
“If you are a fan of the indie musical Once, you will probably enjoy Everything Went Down just as much – like that film, this one takes the musical genre into a much more incidental and realistic world, and still manages to leave one feeling the music as both a delightful standout and an equal narrative to the dialogue as opposed to just being in the background.”
“The performances by Kate Tucker (who has never acted in a film before this one and had me completely forgetting this fact) and Noah Drew are both heart-warming and quite shockingly realistic.”
“The story allows you to focus on why these two people are necessary for each other’s company. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen films where a story about friendship that develops between two people is a bigger focus than a love story, but without giving too much away, I can say with great certainty that if you happen to share my point of view that love is built on friendship, you will enjoy this story just as much as you will love the film for Kate Tucker’s music.”
-Chris McGovern, The Glass
