The Extra
A youth from a rural area of the Midwest moves (or imagines he moves) to Los Angeles with vague hopes and a fascination with Trains, the West and Hollywood. His daydream / reality parallels a visual contrast between stark urbanity and Midwestern farm country. A brief meditation on the deification of celebrity and pervasive insistence on its relevance in American culture and a panegyric to the beauty of 'rural' existence far from, though still affected by, the film industry or at least the sensationalism surrounding it. The story of a single day's imaginings or a 'there and back again' account of the desire to matter.
- Runtime
- 11m
- Released
- 2011
Details
Release year: 2011
Storyline
A youth from a rural area of the Midwest moves (or imagines he moves) to Los Angeles with vague hopes and a fascination with Trains, the West and Hollywood. His daydream / reality parallels a visual contrast between stark urbanity and Midwestern farm country. A brief meditation on the deification of celebrity and pervasive insistence on its relevance in American culture and a panegyric to the beauty of 'rural' existence far from, though still affected by, the film industry or at least the sensationalism surrounding it. The story of a single day's imaginings or a 'there and back again' account of the desire to matter.
Top credits
- Ben H. Bradley
- Tamara Goodrich — Sister