Here is a short film thesis project that is sure to ruffle some feathers...The Strange Thing About The Johnsons and it is definitely strange!!
The American Film Institute thesis film is directed by Ari Aster, is being described as "a film about the ties that bind, and the ties that really bind." The plot revolves around The Johnsons, a well-to-do, upper middle class African-American family, with a disturbing secret. Check this out...the son, Isaiah, has been molesting the father, Sidney, since he was 15-years-old. Years later the father writes a memoir revealing the unlikely father-son relationship. The memoir could possibly destroy the family's wholesome reputation forever.
Now the question that is on everyone's mind is why a white director cast an all-black cast. Aster's response to this concern is... "The color of the Johnson family's skin is totally incidental. It's of no consequence to the story or its execution," Aster said. "We certainly assumed that casting black actors in a film that tackles such transgressive themes would create something of a stir, and it would be a lie to say that we weren't hesitant, especially as many people were advising us against the decision. There is no intended commentary on the black experience and I would never claim to have any insight into that."
Hmmm....sounds real sketchy to me...Something just not quite right with this film, can't quite put my finger on it. This takes twisted drama to a completely different level!!
TRAILER: The Strange Thing About The Johnsons from Alejandro De Leon on Vimeo.
For more information about the film go to The Strange Thing About The Johnsons website.
Your Thoughts?!!
1 comment:
How could a young man molest his father? This is the question I am trying to figure out. Let's see old man vs his adolescent son...hmmm seems like no contest to me. How can the dad be the victim? I mean did 14 y/o junior hold his 40 year old father down or something? This movie is odd and highly unlikely.
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