Desires shift after a trip to the mountains in the kaleidoscopic 20-minute short Vermont.
Ryan McDermott, making his acting debut, stars as a young man who, having recently returned from a winter trip to the mountains, drifts through New York City – contemplating an unseen landscape and exploring liaisons with various men.
The film also features a number of other non-actors who make up an ever-shifting ensemble cast of mostly queer men.
Shot on 16mm by cinematographer Robert Orlowski and set to a piano and flute score composed by Cody Boyce, Vermont is heavy on style and atmosphere. It feels like a mysterious and contemplative lost indie from the 1970s heyday of underground New York cinema. We can’t wait to see what writer-director Joseph Barglowski gets up to next.
Watch the trailer for Vermont below. The short film is now streaming on Dekkoo.
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