Director Mike Ott comes back with Pearblossom Hwy, a broody drama that takes place in the bleak northern stretches of Los Angeles County. It provides the right atmosphere for this exploration of high-desert angst.
Pearblossom Hwy is made for the small-scale niche and will likely make the rounds of film festivals. It is premiered at the AFI Fest?s Young Americans section. The three characters in the movie go on a road trip to San Francisco.
The movie starts in the flats of Lancaster. Cory Zacharia and Atsuko Okatsuka play Cory and Anna, friends who are desperate to escape. It features shoots from Cory?s video journal that is taken from his flip camera.
You can get a sense of indulgence from Cory?s recordings as it serves as an audition tape for a reality show. He is convinced that getting a slot in the Young Life will lead him to his life purpose and lift him from his current state. He also sings lyrics about anarchy as the singer of a band.
Beautiful Anna is still and silent, which is opposite to Cory?s rambling and restlessness. She wants to return to Japan to visit her ailing grandmother. She engages in prostitution in order to save up for the trip. She tries to endure the encounters in highway motels and becomes indifferent towards her citizenship test. The only time she smiles is when Cory and his older brother Jeff (John Brotherton) live harmoniously with each other. Jeff is the one who arranges the road trip to San Francisco with Cory and Anna in order to visit their father (Stephen Tobolowsky) to show his brother that the father is a bigger screw-up than him.
And just as Pearblossom Hwy is starting to tackle interesting ideas, it ends. Anna sees herself on the outside looking in.
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