MAN (feature film) - 2018

Synopsis:

MAN (2018) is a vertité-style day-in-the-life story about a computer programmer who lives a secluded existence in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon. His sole real-life companions are his two dogs; everyone else--friends, colleagues, family--he only connects with through technological mediation, via phones and computers.

MAN Credits:

Directed by Amir Motlagh
Written by Amir Motlagh & Charles Borg
Produced by ANIMALS & Charles Borg
Editing: Amir Motlagh & Charles Borg
Sound Mix and Re-Recording Mixer: Stephen Holliger
Original Score: Stephen Holliger

Cast:

Amir Motlagh - Arman
Rachel Sciacca - Des

Media Quotes:

“It’s always exciting whenever a distinct new voice makes itself heard on the indie landscape. Amir Motlagh is such a voice... 

..transported and taken out of my comfort zone…. transcendent experience”

— Adam Schartoff FILMWAX RADIO

“This was a film that turned the job of “watching” back onto the audience, forcing them to reflect on the things seen, heard, and felt…”

— Jonita Davis THE IRANIAN

“The themes of Man are extremely relevant and poignant as material possession and technological developments conflict with physical, human connection like Jonze’s ‘Her’... It’s exciting to see modern representation of romance... I have not felt so conscious about my interactions and introspective feelings as a modern male in a long time.”

— Timothy Noordermeer INDIE FILM CRITIC

“…..takes something as mundane as “daily activities” and turns them into an opportunity to observe the moments of our lives we gloss over or consider mundane”

— David Fowlie KEEPING IT REEL

“An engrossing film... there’s something deeply honest about it... it paints such an intimate, simple portrait of a day.”

— Matthew Misetich SENIOR EXECUTIVE SCRIPT PIPELINE

“This is fantastic. [Man] has achieved a very even, coherent aesthetic, which for something like this is a fine line to walk... specifically how humans are changing because of digital media and technology — the ‘always connected’ network...”

— Chad Davis DIGITAL PRODUCER NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY