Worth the Watch
Only The Young
In "Only the Young" Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet capture the majesty and bare reality of life as adulthood closes in on Garrison Saez, Kevin Conway, and Sky Elmore during their last year of high school. What may come off merely as adolescent drama, is, in the hands of these directors, an authentic, moving coming of age story. The Mims and Tippet have bottled intense feelings of love, excitement, pain, and anxiety of life in such a way that no matter the viewer's age or background it all tastes the same going down. Bitter, and sweet, and familiar. "Only the Young" tastes like growing up.
The cinematography is beautiful and the subjects human. We see the darkness in Kevin, the poetry in how they care for each other through inelegant sentences. Spending the majority of their time in quiet, abandoned and empty spaces we witness how they create something out of nothing. "Only the Young" is a wonderful and emotional journey as...
Great DVD!
I saw the documentary "Only the Young" on PBS one night and loved it so much I felt the need to order the dvd!
Wonderful movie!
We were able to see it when it prevailed in Los Angeles! Awesome movie made by a very talented young man!
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