Soft in the Head
Intensely Dysfunctional
Nathan Silver graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 2005. Since then, he has written and directed four short films and four feature films: The Blind (2009), Exit Elena (2012), Soft in the Head (2013), and Uncertain Terms (2014). His films have played festivals around the world, including Edinburgh, Vienna, Los Angeles, Slamdance, Sarasota, Torino, and BAFICI. Filmmaker Magazine rec
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Intensely Dysfunctional
Silver's most formally accomplished film thus far in his career is also the result of his least narrative and thematically accomplished.
Nathan Silver's SOFT IN THE HEAD is an uncompromising character study on the brutality of emotional manipulation, boredom, and deception. Natalia is a borderline sociopathic youth who has seemingly zero...
Nathan Silver's always interesting hyper-realistic approach is compelling here, but fails to develop as seemlessly as his later efforts.
It's reasonably well-made, reasonably well-acted and the emotions driving the characters well-defined. And perhaps that's why this film didn't resonate with me as much as it could have. I felt...