People in L.A. are weird. That's my first impression of Eugene Kotlyarenko's "A Wonderful Cloud," a movie based in eccentric Los Angeles, where "first impressions are everything." That's a quote from one of a dozen or so colorful supporting characters who make sure that it's at least an entertaining kind of weird, elevating the film well beyond its central meta fixation on the film's director (playing an exaggerated version of himself) and Katelyn (Kate Lyn Sheil, whom you'll immediately recognize as Lisa from "House of Cards"). The two were a couple in real life, and Kotlyarenko had already documented the fallout of their relationship in his Skype film "Skydiver," so he's clearly holding on to something dear from their relationship. It's commendable that he's funneling these feelings through creative means in a quasi-fictitious feature where most of the dialogue is completely improvised, real people portray parodic versions of themselves,...
- 3/16/2015
- by Nikola Grozdanovic
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