The Burnside DVD is now available on Amazon . Support and cop! You will not be disapointed. Especially my Portland/Oregon people.
From the Website:
In the city of roses lies the weight of the world...
Three vignettes about life on Portland's infamous avenue weave through each other in this intricate dramatization of the collapse of the American dream from directors Cameron Beyl and Matt Jay.
Dusty (Ben Anderson) is a military reject struggling to find a job. Jack (Tony Forsyth, BEHIND THE MASK:THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON) is not content with the job he's got. Asha (Siobhan Carter) is a reclusive high school student searching for something to relate to. Three separate stories under one shared human existence. This is Burnside
From the Portland Mercury:
"This locally grown film has a lot of good going for it. For starters, the director of photography and location scout deserve awards for beautifully capturing just about every recognizable nook and cranny of Portland without devolving into a tourist promo. The editing is smooth, and the story isn’t half bad (if a little trite): Three people--an office drone, a drug dealer, and a teen who dreams of being a musician--represent three archetypal Burnside personalities. They go about their often fucked-up lives, and those lives--surprise!--eventually intersect. Unfortunately, the film’s characters fall incredibly flat, especially in comparison to the impressive Portland backdrop. While characters’ voiceovers hit the mark, melodramatic and amateurish acting (with a few exceptions, like Siobhan Carter as the teen who throws down beats under the bridges) combine with awkward dialogue, tainting almost every narrative scene" By Amy J. Ruiz
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