Filmmaker Statement

The visual approach to the film was used to emphasize fear of the unknown, fear of the other, and nostalgia for a long distant and perhaps fablistic time. The two characters in the film, Joe and GoGo, have come to reside within their own personal dystopias in distinctive yet familiar ways. Far from any signs of recognizable civilization, Joe has constructed an artificial space around himself composed of hobbies, of memories, of objects found and nostalgic to him. GoGo on the other hand reflects a person forced to normalize dystopia. GoGo 274 is a film that demonstrates that when the lights come on, when the shadows of our fears are dispelled, perhaps we can join one another at the same table and share a candy bar.