YOU WONT MISS ME (2008) HD, Super 8, 16mm, DV
A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three-year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital. Starring Stella Schnabel, featuring Rene Ricard and introducing other notable New York personalities, the film gives pathos to the frenzy of the youthful desire for acceptance. Shot in a variety of styles and formats, YOU WONT MISS ME mixes non-actors with professionals, verité with staging, order with abstraction, to paint an evocative picture of a contemporary rebel. Directed by Ry Russo-Young. Trailer edited by Lance Edmands.

This was my favorite “Friday the 13th” kills compilation on youtube, mainly because of the picture frame that artfully borders each murder and the fact that it’s a top ten countdown. The sophistication of Jason’s murder techniques really progressed with each sequel. There is definitely some sort of art/death metaphor in all of this.

Photos by Mike Brodie aka The Polaroid Kidd of “train-hoppers, squatters, vagabonds and hobos.”

Photographs by Mikael Kennedy from his “Odysseus” series.