Transcendental Hurrah: Miller’s Moving Film an Exercise in Isolation
Based on his 2010 short film, Prince/William, Keith Miller has expanded his debut Welcome to Pine Hill into a moving drama that manages to maintain an impressive level of profundity despite being more of a concept than an actual narrative. Using mostly non-actors, including himself, Miller’s film was born out of a chance encounter that inspired the short film. Returning with his most impressive ingredient, lead actor Shanon Harper, the feature won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival. At turns meandering, imprecise, and even stilted, Miller manages to also have created a film and a character that’s memorable, meditative, and moving.
One night in Brooklyn, two strangers clash over the ownership of a puppy. Miller plays a white man currently in possession of the dog while Abu (Shanon Harper), a black man, claims the dog...
Based on his 2010 short film, Prince/William, Keith Miller has expanded his debut Welcome to Pine Hill into a moving drama that manages to maintain an impressive level of profundity despite being more of a concept than an actual narrative. Using mostly non-actors, including himself, Miller’s film was born out of a chance encounter that inspired the short film. Returning with his most impressive ingredient, lead actor Shanon Harper, the feature won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival. At turns meandering, imprecise, and even stilted, Miller manages to also have created a film and a character that’s memorable, meditative, and moving.
One night in Brooklyn, two strangers clash over the ownership of a puppy. Miller plays a white man currently in possession of the dog while Abu (Shanon Harper), a black man, claims the dog...
- 2/25/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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