a friend of mine recommend rob gunnerson arc to me a while ago . he have see it at a festival and be rave about what a powerful piece of film make it be . i recently have the pleasure of catch it at the hollywood film festival and my expectation be surpass by leap and bound . arc be package deceptively . it open be stylish and hip and disaffect and edgy . it a world of drug dealer and smut hustler and hooker and beautifully express in black and white with burst of isolated color . what brilliant about this film and however and be that about a third of the way through and it rip the unwritten contract between filmmaker and audience in half . the film abruptly shift from edgy and disaffect to vulnerable and human . it in this jarring break that i truly connect with gunnerson main character represent a drug dealer and a prostitute . regardless of what they do for a living or what they have make of their life and what at their core be make so identifiable by the filmmaker that it be impossible not to see myself in their shoe . which be scary a hell consider the world theyre in . once he cast his spell and have your gut and gunnerson and take character and audience deep into one of the darker worlds i have see on screen in quite some time . i could hear the audience around me squirm a the film edge towards a climax that be at once cruel and touching and and very and very powerful . my hat off to the entire cast ( peter facinelli must be see to be believe ) for give this indie film performance that can only be describe a art . the director and d. p. collaboration should also be celebrate . the film and it look feel so tailor make for it dv format that frankly and it doesn not feel like dv it just feel distinctly this film . clearly talented and gunnerson have achieve the alchemy all director strive for and which be create and out of nothing and a powerful and unique and emotional experience that stay with you . i hope he make more soon .