Debut American Feature Film from a Dedicated Art Student that has Lived Out His Young Life Doing Art, Studying Art, Performing and Making Art.
He has Started a "New Art Movement" He Calls "The Art Awakening" that has Received some Notice and Acclaim.
The Film "American Night" is Not Surprisingly About "Art", For Art's Sake, It is Made for Art-Lovers...
But, He has Formed the Film Around Gangsters and Violence.
The Guns, Action, and Mystery are for Those Haters of "Artsy-Fartsy' Films, as an Attraction,
to Lure and Ensnare Them in the His Web of "Art Appreciation",
Those Types that would Normally Stay Far Away if it was "ONLY" an "Art-Film. They Hate it Anyway,
but it was Worth the Effort to Reach "Others" About an Appreciation for what the Writer-Director Loves and Promotes as His Dedicated Mission in Life.
If You were to do a Study-Search on the "User-Reviews" of All the Movies on IMDb,
you would Probably Find that "Boring" is the Most Often Listed Pejorative Adjective for a Low-Rating.
Funny, You would Probably also Find that for this Particular "Low-Rated" Film (currently at 4.3),
the Haters Hardly Mention "Boring"...Strange. Not so Strange Actually.
It Moves at a Super-Charged Pace, in an Ultra-Stylized Palette of Impossibly Vibrant Colors,
Filled with Off-Beat Characters Running Amok Among the Art-World of NYC.
He Flings His Philosophy of Art, so "In Your Face", so Often, that it Resembles a "Pie-Fight" from "The Three Stooges".
A Valid Constructive Criticism, may be,
that His Love of Tarantino's Vision of Film-Making Haunts the Movie so Much that it Scares-Away the Director's Own Persona,
and Draws Attention from His Original Creative Desires.
It can be a Distraction.
The Film-Maker can Now Forget His Insecurities, and Awaken Himself.
On a Journey of Self-Awareness and Discovery that He Alone can Create "Art" Without an Over Reliance on Homage.
For Lovers of Art...it's a Must-See.
For Others, it's...
Worth a Watch.