Casting "Home Movies," an NYU senior thesis film about Carson, a grieving young man who retreats into memories of growing up with his late best friend, Samuel. Moving between childhood, adolescence, and the home movies that captured them, Carson relives their friendship until a final recording forces him to confront how his attachment to the past has pulled him away from the friends still in his life.
The film is a dialogue-light, naturalistic short centered on four longtime male friends at ages 13, 17, and 21, exploring grief, memory, friendship, and the assumption that there will always be more time. Subjective memories move alongside literal camcorder footage, distinguishing the past as Carson remembers it from what was actually recorded. Performances rely on chemistry, improvisation, physical play, overlapping conversation, and subtle behavior. The same adult performers portray the characters at 17 and 21.
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