Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross pushed the limits of nonfiction cinema to its outermost reaches with their previous work, 2020’s Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets. But it was the filmmaker brothers themselves who were pushed, mentally and physically, by their follow-up, Gasoline Rainbow. While it utilizes some scrappy filmmaking techniques to cultivate a spirit of naturalism, this coming-of-age story is a work of narrative fiction that feeds on the circumstances of its all-encompassing production to fuel authentic drama.
The Ross brothers’ road film chronicles five recent high school graduates’ winding journey across Oregon toward a place full of self-described weirdos like themselves. The freewheeling style with which the brother filmmakers capture scenes of banter and bonding on the way to a party on the Pacific coast befits the group of non-actors who anchor the film.
It’s that spontaneity and specificity in the filmmaking that lend Gasoline Rainbow a texture beyond that of contemporary times.
The Ross brothers’ road film chronicles five recent high school graduates’ winding journey across Oregon toward a place full of self-described weirdos like themselves. The freewheeling style with which the brother filmmakers capture scenes of banter and bonding on the way to a party on the Pacific coast befits the group of non-actors who anchor the film.
It’s that spontaneity and specificity in the filmmaking that lend Gasoline Rainbow a texture beyond that of contemporary times.
- 5/10/2024
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slant Magazine
What happens when you gaze at yourself in a muddled puddle of self-reflection? For filmmaking duo Bill and Turner Ross, it’s all about turning the camera inward to look outward, courtesy of the cinema verité style.
The Ross Brothers’ latest feature, “Gasoline Rainbow,” follows five teenagers from small-town Oregon as they embark on one final adventure together after high school: reaching the Pacific coast, 500 miles away. Along the way, the group encounters outsiders from the fringes of the American West and discovers that the contours of their lives will be set by trails they blaze themselves. They are forgotten kids from a forgotten town, but they have their freedom and they have each other, hurtling toward an unknowable future — and The Party at the End of the World.
While “Gasoline Rainbow” has been mistaken as a documentary, the feature is, in fact, loosely scripted and relies on the improvisational techniques of its five leads,...
The Ross Brothers’ latest feature, “Gasoline Rainbow,” follows five teenagers from small-town Oregon as they embark on one final adventure together after high school: reaching the Pacific coast, 500 miles away. Along the way, the group encounters outsiders from the fringes of the American West and discovers that the contours of their lives will be set by trails they blaze themselves. They are forgotten kids from a forgotten town, but they have their freedom and they have each other, hurtling toward an unknowable future — and The Party at the End of the World.
While “Gasoline Rainbow” has been mistaken as a documentary, the feature is, in fact, loosely scripted and relies on the improvisational techniques of its five leads,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
If there’s one thing that indie filmmakers, especially first-timers, can generally agree on, it’s that applying to film festivals can be a mystifying process. What type of films are film programmers looking for? Does running time matter? “Demystifying Film Festivals,” a panel at the recent 20th BendFilm Festival in Bend, Oregon attempted to answer some of those questions. Open to the public and held at Somewhere That’s Green, a plant store and community space, the free panel was moderated by Selin Sevinç, director of programming at BendFilm and featured veteran programmers Joanne Feinberg, John […]
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The post BendFilm Festival 2023: What Filmmakers Need to Know Before Applying to Film Festivals first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 10/30/2023
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
If there’s one thing that indie filmmakers, especially first-timers, can generally agree on, it’s that applying to film festivals can be a mystifying process. What type of films are film programmers looking for? Does running time matter? “Demystifying Film Festivals,” a panel at the recent 20th BendFilm Festival in Bend, Oregon attempted to answer some of those questions. Open to the public and held at Somewhere That’s Green, a plant store and community space, the free panel was moderated by Selin Sevinç, director of programming at BendFilm and featured veteran programmers Joanne Feinberg, John […]
The post BendFilm Festival 2023: What Filmmakers Need to Know Before Applying to Film Festivals first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post BendFilm Festival 2023: What Filmmakers Need to Know Before Applying to Film Festivals first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 10/30/2023
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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