Tag: Aaron Poole

When Aaron Poole’s Film Dada is More Than Just Arthouse

There’s no easy way to categorize what Aaron Poole’s movie, Dada, is about. Just watch it for the experience.

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When actor turned filmmaker Aaron Poole is making his directorial debut in Dada, this is a movie I have to check out. This talent doesn’t limit himself to genre works. When I know him for his work in The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh and The Void, I’m taking a chance at what this film he wrote and directed is going to be about.

In what I read from an interview published in Variety, “The story is a love letter and a suicide note. It was written in response to being a single father and scraping out a living in entertainment while living in a country with a history of violence and resource extraction.”

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Disseminating The Last Will & Testament of Rosalind Leigh, DVD Movie Review

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Available on AmazonRosalind Leigh

By Ed Sum
(The Vintage Tempest)

One unique gem for fans of the classic ghost story formula to watch is The Last Will and Testament of Rosaland Leigh. This movie originally released back in 2012 and it is one I frequently watch because it is very poetic, very lucid. It’s produced, written and directed by Rodrigo Gudiño, the founder of Rue Morgue Magazine. To liken it to any other films might give too much of this movie way and ruin the beauty of this film.

When Leon (Aaron Poole) has to settle the affairs of his deceased mother’s home, the horrors he experiences are not his own making. He’s just one of the few main actors who have to carefully navigate through unfortunate memories. As for what they represent, that’s left up to the viewer to decide.

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