I CAN SEE YOU
dir. Graham Reznick, 2008
United States. 97 mins.
In English
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 – 10PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 – 7:30PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 – 10PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 – MIDNIGHT
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 – 5PM
When three languishing ad-marketers from Brooklyn venture into the woods to find inspiration to modernize the branding of an old cleaning product (Claractix!), it doesn’t take long for their masked resentment for each other to unravel and for their minds to dissolve with it. This is especially true for the ill-fated wannabe painter Richards (Benjamin Dickinson), who is put on the spot when he reunites with an unrequited crush as his trip unfolds and photos he shoots in the woods keep yielding increasingly surreal after-effects.
Showcasing the psychedelic potential of shooting on DV, I Can See You is a terrifying work of lost-in-the-woods hipster-sploitation that feels like a marriage between Old Joy and Inland Empire: an unforgettable mind fuck of the Recession era.
The film is also an early example of director Graham Reznick’s knack for horror, whose accomplishments would extend into the realm of horror video games with scripts for the beloved Until Dawn (2015) and this year’s The Quarry.
Special thanks to Graham Reznick and Larry Fessenden of Glass Eye Pix.