Dog Bites Man

5/1/2024

"A poet & a painter walk into a bar." The story speaks to the quiet war that the lgbtqia+ population face daily at the hands of hateful bigotry, transcending that reality into a not too far fetched "what if" civil war scenario. We find ourselves trapped in the farmhouse of Darm & Evo after they flee from a madman and his aggressive dog. Safer together they reflect upon the world outside lamenting their fear to embrace, cautious of the potential physical harm that awaits them outside. A punishment merely for the fact that they exist. The style of the film's dialog feels as if it were influenced by Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, it's beautifully lyrical like a tumbleweed on a windy wet day, splashing and splintering it's unwavering humanity into the face of the viewer. This st