Starting Out in the Evening (2007, Andrew Wagner) 39
The above image (from the festival catalog) just about does justice to how terrible the HDTV photography looks in this film, especially the dark interior scenes which have distracting waves, which is especially surprising because a quick look at Harlan Bosmajian's filmography on IMDB reveals he has worked in this format before and would likely be aware of the limitations of his equipment. I don't want to just pick on the look of the film though because it is actually dead in the water with a (mostly) poorly written script and mismatched performance styles (Langella is theatrical and proud, Ambrose not really doing anything interesting). Adam Gorgoni's score is also notably weak; a syrupy Thomas Newman ripoff. There is very little to like here but every now and then a scene will find some truth or an emotional pay-off will strike you offguard but mostly this is very predictable fare and offers very little indication of the talent given to Andrew Wagner.