We Don't Talk Like We Used To

September. 09,2023

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Keywords：

Experimental

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Shot between Hong Kong, Japan, and the US, this short is Joshua Gen Solondz’s most ambitious work to date, a portrait of the home and the world that is dense, textured, creepy, anxious, noisy, silly, and confounding, but always tender.

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