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WTC
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| On the night before 9/11, a young man living in SoHo takes out an ad for a new roommate for his 2-bedroom apartment. On the day after 9/11, he has 5 messages on his machine from people who want to come see the apartment despite the fact that the neighborhood is practically shut down. "WTC View" is indie director Brian Sloan's second feature. Based on his critically acclaimed stage play, the film explores life in New York after 9/11 through the struggles of one man as he tries to find a roommate and keep his emotional balance during the strange days that followed the devastating attack on the city. NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD To
order: TLA
Video The original play is available on Amazon--click below
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The reviews
are in... “Sloan’s script captures the confusion of those first few days, and is clearly heartfelt. While the camera never looks out the apartment's window, the characters do, and their faces register a range of feeling that's more nuanced than the masks of grief and shock that fill our memories.” -- Bob Mondello, NPR "It's doubtful you'll find a better drama made about the subject. There’s nothing gimmicky in WTC VIEW, just something very true and very fine about who we all are gay and straight and the way we live now." --David Ehrenstein, The Advocate “Brian Sloan’s WTC VIEW, [is] a quirky, low budget film. Unlike most mainstream films on the subject, this one concentrates not on the attack itself or on the people who died. Instead it focuses on what average New Yorkers were thinking, talking about and absorbing in the days afterward.” --Anita Gates, New York Times “With WTC View, Sloan and his cast achieve a deeply affecting and superbly acted portrait of life in post-9/11 New York that works for both gay and straight audiences alike. The film treats the events of the day with the sensitivity and sobriety of a documentary but is not so heavy-handed in its presentation as to distance the audience from its sharply drawn characters.” --Jared Shimizu, OUT magazine
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