Debuted at the SFFilm fest, in San Francisco, as part of the Shorts 'Lineages of Love' series.
Taylor's film was the only one out of 8 films in this short section I stayed completely awake, alert, and tickled in the brain by. I had to think, try to understand what was happening in his film, in a curious fashion. Majority of the others, I actually fell asleep, and am glad I did.
Taylor Lee's work feels like a return to film. A return to art. This isn't trying to say anything more than a story true to the filmmaker himself. A pleasure to indulge in a story and director of thoughtfulness and mystery, while equally evoking familiar emotional strings within me.
The show didn't stop at the screen though for Taylor, it extended into the audience Q&A.
His eloquence and attention to detail in explaining his storytelling on the screen made the other directors look like a bunch of 3 year olds. The way in which he includes symbolism into his directing, is a craftful delight. He took his time, a few seconds to actually use his brain to think about how he truly felt, before explaining an answer to each question with clarity. Or if he didn't have an answer, he wouldn't. And that folks, deserves a standing ovation. If you are just talking to talk, like the others on stage who just rambled blurted out bs, I'd like some earplugs.
Taylor speaks as he displays on the screen, a sensitive and thoughtful storyteller keen to walk the audience through a metaphorical journey.
Taylor Lee, stealer of the fest and a director whose attention to detail is not unnoticed.
