Everything Went Down is an upcoming film by Dustin Morrow that’s basically an indie musical reminiscent of the film Once. This is kind of an American take on that style of film. It stars Kate Tucker (yes, singer-songwriter Kate Tucker!) as the musician in the film that plays out a musical reawakening for both her and the college professor played by Noah Drew.
Director and screenwriter Dustin Morrow explains.
“Once was definitely on my mind when I was conceptualizing the film. I am a big fan of that movie and the artists in it. What Once did for me, and I think for a lot of people that saw it, was it demonstrated that you could make an unconventional kind of post-modern musical that didn’t have to be people walking down the street breaking into song and dance, which is kind of the historical conceptual way of doing musicals. It’s the idea that you could make a musical where all the music exists inside the film, so that when you hear music, it’s because people are actually playing it in the movie, not because it’s some kind of fantasy where people are tap-dancing on the sidewalk. Each song is in the right spot in the movie to advance the story, so the songs are part of the story. Kate and I picked the songs together, and she also wrote a couple of new songs for the film, and those are actually on her EP Ghost of Something New. Also, traditionally, musicals have always been glossy affairs, very big-budget and fancy, and Once was very low-budget, very gritty, very small–I think that was a new thing for musicals. Another thing was my interest in Kate’s songs, which, are for me, very narrative–they tell stories. As a flimmaker, I’ve always been really inspired by music, and I could see how her songs were very cinematic, because when I closed my eyes and listened to them, I could see the stories. That made her a natural fit with the medium of film. So, definitely all of that is very much a part of our film.” Continue reading →
