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'Last Call'
(Sarah Booth, Daved Wilkins, et al / DVD / TV-14 / (2019) 2021 / Mill Creek Entertainment)

Overview: The critically acclaimed film 'Last Call' tells the story of two strangers destined to intervene in each other's lives after a misdial fates them together forever.

Beth is a late-night janitor who accidentally answers a call from Scott who believes he has dialed a suicide prevention hotline.

Shot in real time and presented in split screen, 'Last Call' showcases both ends of a life-changing conversation.

DVD Verdict: In truth, I've never, ever seen quite a film created in this manner in my life, and I doubt you will have either.

Filmed as a split screen, real-time feature film, the entire movie is comprised of two single-take shots, merged together and without cuts as the film plays out with two camera crews in different parts of a city as we follow each character through their happenstance encounter.

This innovative, gripping cinematic feat is anchored by two incredible performances by Sarah Booth and Daved Wilkins who between them, and no matter which side of the screen your eyes fall upon, keep you as riveted to the storyline as you ever were throughout the 77 minutes.

Whether it be Booth's gut wrenching arc from casual call picker-upper, through to interested party, on through to an imploring, compassionate and wholly invested person in trying to keep the caller alive, or it's Wilkins as the wrong number dialer, who still stays connected, and throughout is seen to escalate rapidly, and yet every now and again decrease in anger for the proposed job at hand, only to accelerate hard again toward it, 'Last Call' is simply magnificent theatre from start to finish.

Oh, and the score for the film was also composed and recorded in real-time by Adrian Ellis to add to the ephemeral aesthetic of this groundbreaking film. This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.78:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

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