Programmed August 2023

Directed by Dustin Guy Defa

Featuring a new introduction by the filmmaker, part of Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series Though his filmography to date consists of only three features and a dozen or so acclaimed, eclectic short films, Dustin Guy Defa has carved out a unique niche as one of American independent cinema’s most intriguing and defiantly unorthodox auteurs. Interested, above all, in people and their relationships, his by turns wryly humorous and melancholic films are populated by unforgettable characters and feel something like a throwback to the smart, literate, observant human dramas of the 1970s. Defa’s unique touch is on perfect display in his award-winning short Person to Person , which shares a title with his wonderfully low-key, shaggy-dog 2017 feature.

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