Scheme C6
Made in San Francisco with members of the Tenderloin yGroup, an improvisatory acting workshop that includes homeless people, this 2001 video centers on a young man "Bid Qualquivir"(Cory DuVal) from a…
Scheme C6
Made in San Francisco with members of the Tenderloin yGroup, an improvisatory acting workshop that includes homeless people, this 2001 video centers on a young man "Bid Qualquivir"(Cory DuVal) from a rich but shady family who chooses a life of petty crime after hearing rumors that his father had his brother murdered. The actors' riffs provide the best moments, like the pathetically amateurish rap about AIDS a would-be music promoter lays down for the family's uncomprehending patriarch. But the subplot-laden script is too calculated and melodramatic, and director Rob Nilsson's mannered video-effects (frames within frames, color mixed with black and white) work against the documentary feel and the actors' raw sincerity. 97 min. By Fred Camper
Scheme C6
Crime,Drama,Romance
Film Details
Made in San Francisco with members of the Tenderloin yGroup, an improvisatory acting workshop that includes homeless people, this 2001 video centers on a young man "Bid Qualquivir"(Cory DuVal) from a rich but shady family who chooses a life of petty crime after hearing rumors that his father had his brother murdered. The actors' riffs provide the best moments, like the pathetically amateurish rap about AIDS a would-be music promoter lays down for the family's uncomprehending patriarch. But the subplot-laden script is too calculated and melodramatic, and director Rob Nilsson's mannered video-effects (frames within frames, color mixed with black and white) work against the documentary feel and the actors' raw sincerity.
97 min. By Fred Camper.