Lollygagger
By Michael Noens • Dec 3rd, 2007 • Category: Experimental, ReviewsAs an independent filmmaker, it is always a pleasure to watch one of your peers accomplish something that blows your mind. Writer/Director Matt Meindl has never ceased to amaze me. I have only had the pleasure of seeing three different works by Meindl (Real Lemonade, Go Barefoot and Lollygagger), but after each film I have always ended up with a smile on my face.
Meindl doesn’t floor me with amazing special effects or ground-breaking storylines, but instead he takes a simple concept or a memory of youth and brings it to life in a beautiful, bittersweet way. In Lollygagger, we have a airplane passenger (played by Meindl) who peers out his window while the pilot muses about several different topics. To show this in a creative and visually pleasing sense, Meindl uses optical printing techniques and stop motion. While his storytelling is quite simple, Meindl pours his sweat and blood into the filmmaking process. His patience is greater than I could endure and for that I have great respect for him as a fellow artist.
If you ever have a chance to check out any film by Matt Meindl, I’d highly recommend that you do so. His work is an experience that is very hard to come by.
Writer/Director: Matt Meindl
Runtime: Approximately ten minutes
Score: ****1/2
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Michael Noens is the Artistic Director for CNGM Pictures. He has written, produced and directed a number of feature films in and around the Chicago area. Michael is also web designer and a cinematographer. He currently attends Flashpoint Academy for Media Arts and Sciences.
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