Gone, But Not Forgotten

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Gone, But Not Forgotten

Directed by: Michael D. Akers
Binding: DVD
Published: 27 January, 2004

$18.71


Features:

  • Color
  • Widescreen
  • Dolby
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Gone, But Not Forgotten

Gone, But Not Forgotten

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.1 / 5.0

Incredible movie and it's low budget:

Yes, it is evident that this is a low budget movie. But sometimes low budget simply means that the honesty and the true meaning of the story get to be front and center. That is the case with Gone But Not Forgotten.

The acting is simple and natural...meaning, the actors don't over do it. Real people aren't actors and these actors portray the characters as real people, not Hollywood idols. But this is not to say the acting in not powerful, because it is. Matthew Montgomery's scene with Aaron Orr in the... more info

GOOD STORY, BUT AMATEURISH RESULTS:

I really wanted to like this film. and I applaud the filmmaker's attempt to tell what could have been a very engaging story, but this is one case where the lack of a budget may actually have hurt the overall effort. This plays like a first draft of a screenplay which fails to effectively expand on a good basic story. With better writing and more nuanced direction, even the shot-on-digital-video imagery would have worked. Matthew Montgomery is very effective, hampered as he is with the poor dialog written... more info

Beyond independent:

One man wrote, directed, and edited this ridiculously long melodrama. Re-titled, "Joan Crawford Loves Joan Collins" this story requires a three movie expansion to help him swing his extra thick plot-punch (not to mention smacks, bitch-slaps, and panic-attacks.) Buy this as a donation only.


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