First thing first: My Suicide is a good movie. However, it presents several problems for me, and, I suspect, others, too. The film mixes a multitude of media -- stock footage, animated clips, rotoscoping, and static drawings -- with a very good, touching, and believable story. And I haven't even mentioned the multiple POV shots, some with very amateurish cameras. This part I'm actually comfortable with. Can the audience actually absorb all that? I know I spent bulk of the movie performing mental "ad blocking," a disservice to the filmmakers who spent 5 years working on this project. I also wished that it were done without all this new-agey media, because I just felt that the story and carefully detailed characters can get lost in all this mess. Conversely, can the type of audience who's awe-struck by the ADD-ish editing and multimedia appreciate the story and characters? This isn't a flaw, because the precise style is what the filmmakers intended. Actually, I'm making it sound worse than it is, as only first third or so is like this. Still, only time will tell. For me though, once all that junk is ripped out, it's a great teen story with many believable characters. Gabriel Sunday, who also co-wrote the screenplay, makes the lead character work for a fairly complex role, even if he kept on reminding me of Topher Grace. I just wished ... ah, fergitit. Also, there's some truly inspired cameos, and mentioning Buster Bluth doesn't even ruin it at all.
During Q&A (May 5), director mentioned that they've received multiple offers for distribution, but the team is first gearing up for a multimedia, with a teen suicide support hot line, package before releasing this movie. Hmm, okay, Innernets FTW?
