Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up. I was wondering who exactly this movie was made for, and how i could avoid them. Dave made a maze is the kind of film that makes someone a believer in the power of cinema and restores the faith of those already converted. Ignoring his warnings, daves girlfriend annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 ira prisoners from hmp, which was to become the biggest prison escape in europe since world war ii. It cannot possibly have been as cheap to make as it looks. New york film academy improv instructor bill wattersons directorial debut film, dave made a maze, was recently highlighted in variety as a notable title in competition at slamdance 2017. Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a.
Director bill watterson and writer steven sears have delivered a wildly original vision that defies genre classification, brought to life on a tight budget with a dynamically talented cast who fully commit. Mixing a lot of humor with some mild horror elements. Apparently this is the aftermath of daves project, an inapartment maze labyrinth is the more accurate term, dave insists, and he has proof that he made simply because, as he puts it, i wanted to make something. And apparently the thing he made has gotten a couple of people killed. Dave made a maze cleveland international film festival. He does an awesome job mixing all these different genres and it makes for a very enjoyable film. Dave made a maze is the kind of film that only comes around once in a decade. Watch full movie dave made a maze in english in 1280.
Most people growing up built some kind of fort or maze out of whatever is in the house as a child. Sound city, for the love of spock, buddymoon, fastball, the longest week. The 2017 slamdance film festival kicked off on january 20 and runs through january 26. The film, which marks the directorial debut of bill watterson, follows an artist who builds a fort out of cardboard in his living room and ends up trapped in there by the fantastical. Determined to finally complete something of significance, frustrated artist dave nick thune. Dave made a maze reimagines classic 80s adventure films with a modern comedic edge and a higher body count. First, dave made a maze is a lampoon of documentary filmmaking, with harry as essentially the same character as the one albert brooks wrote. Dave made a maze is likely to find an audience with lovers of offbeat and cult cinema.
Dave made a maze calgary underground film festival. Writerdirector bill wattersons feature debut dave made a maze is a genially offbeat slacker comedy. Like the maze itself, the film looks curious and strange at first glance, but once youre in it, there are. Dave made a maze reimagines classic 80s adventure films with a modern. After coming home from a trip, annie kumbhani discovers that her boyfriend dave.
Exploding with creativity, this quirky film about a slacker who creates a cardboard labyrinth in his apartment and subsequently gets himself and his friends lost inside is a ridiculously fun and absurd romp that had me chomping at the bit to uncover each and every. I loved the cardboard artthe style kinda reminded me of the awesome otherside clip by rhcp and found myself sucked into each new chamber explored. The film is as wacky as the premise would suggest, but its so much more. Dave made a maze is a 2017 american fantasy adventure comedy horror film directed by bill. Most people also pretend that what is inside is real. So this one idea, begun on a whim, must be completed. Slamdance audience award winner dave made a maze was.
A full trailer for the surreal fantasy film dave made a maze has been released and it looks wildly imaginative and incredibly entertaining. Unfortunately, dave is now trapped in his labyrinth with the booby traps and the maze withinthe maze and. Dave made a maze quirky indie comedy somerset county. Fantasy and horror collide in dave made a maze trailer. Dave has never completed anything in his life, but he made a labyrinth. Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career. Dave made a maze is an entertaining, sometimes original, sometimes ridiculous but always wildly uneven viewing experience. The director is bill watterson and this is his directorial debut and for a first movie he did a great job.
Dave nick thune, knocked up, a frustrated artist who has yet to accomplish anything significant in his career, builds a fort out of cardboard boxes in his living room, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls and critters of his own creation. Dave made a maze, directed by cleveland native bill watterson, hits the cleveland international film festival. Dave made a maze in us theaters august 18, 2017 starring nick thune, meera rohit kumbhani, james urbaniak, stephanie allynne. Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. Dave made a maze is the first great surprise of 2017. An unaccomplished and frustrated artist builds a cardboard box fort in his living room and winds up trapped with a gang of oddball explorers in a fantasy world of his own creation, threatened by booby traps and a bloodthirsty minotaur. Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to become trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. Dave made a maze is a 2017 comedy horror fantasy adventure film directed by bill watterson not that one, and starring nick thune, meera rohit kumbhani, adam busch, and james urbaniak. Dave made a maze is a 2017 american fantasy adventure comedy horror film directed by bill watterson, and starring nick thune, meera rohit kumbhani, kirsten vangsness, stephanie allynne, james urbaniak and john hennigan. Ignoring his warnings, daves girlfriend annie leads a band of. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including the hitmans bodyguard, marjorie prime and logan lucky. Dave made a maze is a whimsical fantasy about a dude who gets lost in a livingroom labyrinth of his own making. We first saw dave made a maze in the early days of january 2017, and to be perfectly honest that initial screening left us incredibly upset because we knew something special had just happened that the other films released this year would struggle to top. Dave made a maze indie film comedy with a message dave is an artist that has never successfully completed anything and is completely frustrated with the current state of his life.
The film centers on the titular dave who builds a cardboard fort that somehow supernaturally houses an. As one would hope going in, its a brilliant comedy, both broad and subtle. Dave made a maze is the kind of film that makes someone a believer in the power of cinemado whatever you must to see it on the biggest screen available as soon as. Six months later, dave made a maze remains in a league entirely its own, and soon you too will be able to experience its original. Portrait of an artist unraveling in horror comedy dave made a maze. The film tells the story of dave, who never finishes anything yet somehow builds an epic labyrinth out of cardboard in. Dave made a maze tells the story of a guy who never completed anything in. On the surface, its about a guy who builds cardboard fort in his living room and then gets lost in its everexpanding depths. A featurelength adventure comedy about a frustrated artist who gets lost inside the cardboard fort he builds in his living room. Dave made a maze is currently making the festival rounds, with its texas premiere coming up on wednesday, july 19th at flix brewhouse as. Official movie site and trailer for dave made a maze, a film by bill watterson. Dave made a maze offers decent storytelling but plunges deep into bold.
What i dug most about dave made a maze is just how ingenious the entire design is from conception to construction and given its micromoneyed production, how well executed it. The film has a simple yet clever premise, which allows the set designthe maze itself to take the main role and to amuse the audience. Dave made a maze, one of the years best films, has a. Dave nick thune, a frustrated artist who has yet to accomplish anything significant in his career, builds a fort out of cardboard boxes in. A space odyssey and other fanciful genre films demonstrate that dave made a maze isnt limited so much by resources or. Bill wattersons directorial debut is itself like an awesomely scaled home. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Dave made a maze is definitely one of the most unique films that ive seen lately. With tom vaughanlawlor, barry ward, martin mccann, eileen walsh. In bill wattersons film, nick thune builds a cardboard maze in his living room and it takes on a life of its own. Everything you need to know about dave made a maze movie. The trailer features a man named dave nick thune who builds a maze out of cardboard over the weekend while his girlfriend is away.
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his. A visually inventive tourdeforce of anarchic glee, dave made a maze follows the lead of its title, giving us one man, named dave, and his maze. A frustrated artist gets lost inside the cardboard fort he builds in his living room. Dave made a maze is the most jawdroppingly original movie of 2017, a delirious and deliberate act of diy whimsy in the terry gilliam style. Inspired by a story from wattersons youth, sears started writing the first draft of a script they would eventually cowrite, and watterson would direct, to become this years slamdance audience award winner. It premiered at the slamdance film festival on january 21, 2017 where it won an audience award for best narrative. Gravitas ventures released an official trailer for dave made a maze, a quirky upcoming film directed by bill watterson and starring nick thune, meera rohit kumbhani, adam busch, and james urbaniak. Dave made a maze writerdirector bill watterson took inspiration from experiences he had in cleveland posted by jeff niesel on fri, aug 18, 2017 at 10. Unfortunately, dave is now trapped in his labyrinth with the booby traps and the mazewithinthemaze and. Scifi horror comedy dave made a maze heads to other. Its important to be aware that the production values from. Tongueincheek visual references to raiders of the lost ark, 2001.
Dave made a maze is the single most original film i have seen in years. Although its a scrappy indie, the movie has something in common with. When the film industry has driven itself into feeling like it is in a state of near constant bigbudget hype, a movie like dave made a maze can be a real fresh breath of air. Dave made a maze official trailer 2017 comedy movie hd. Unable to feel accomplished or like he has a purpose, he begins building a. The festival, which launched in 1995 as an alternative to sundance, has included showings of such notable titles as oren pelis paranormal activity.
If you want to survive the fantasy world, think outside the boxes this is the message conveyed in the trailer for the fantasy movie dave made a maze. Dave made a maze trailer 1 2017 john hennigan, kirsten vangsness comedy movie hd official trailer. It is high concept but relatively low budget, a film not afraid to be openly weird and metaphoric in the face of an industry that has only grown more afraid of subtlety. Dave made a maze 2017 full movie lets join, full episode here. Dave made a maze is a marvelous gem of an indie comedy.