Editor Deirdre Bell has come aboard the roster of Nomad, New York.
Bell began her career in Chicago where she cut ads for blue-chip clients including Allstate, McDonald’s and United Airlines. She then moved back East to begin her career in NYC which included eight successful years at Red Car NY, where she worked with Nomad’s EP, Jennifer Lederman, and edited many campaigns for clients including K-Mart, Kohls, Advil, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, exhibiting a talent for shaping a narrative and solving a tight, well-paced or music-driven spot.
Bell said, “I really love cutting documentary spots because so much of the shaping of the story happens in the edit suite. And I will never cease to be amazed by the way real people speak.”
About working at Nomad, she added, “I’m thrilled to be at a place where the craft of editing is so highly prized. Everyone is so welcoming and the opportunity to work with Jennifer Lederman again is almost too good to be true.”
Nomad editor and partner Amanda Moreau said of Bell, “She is a perfect fit for Nomad. I’ve been a fan of her work for a long time. She has a wonderful ability to craft compelling visual stories that pull viewers in.”
Review: Director-Writer Megan Park’s “My Old Ass”
They say tripping on psychedelic mushrooms triggers hallucinations, anxiety, paranoia and nervousness. In the case of Elliott, an 18-year-old restless Canadian, they prompt a visitor.
"Dude, I'm you," says the guest, as she nonchalantly burns a 'smores on a campfire next to a very high and stunned Elliott. "Well, I'm a 39-year-old you. What's up?"
What's up, indeed: Director-writer Megan Park has crafted a wistful coming-of-age tale using this comedic device for "My Old Ass" and the results are uneven even though she nails the landing.
After the older Elliott proves who she is — they share a particular scar, childhood memories and a smaller left boob — the time-travel advice begins: Be nice to your brothers and mom, and stay away from a guy named Chad.
"Can we hug?" asks the older Elliott. They do. "This is so weird," says the younger Elliott, who then makes things even weirder when she asks for a kiss — to know what it's like kissing yourself. The older Elliott soon puts her number into the younger's phone under the name "My Old Ass." Then they keep in touch, long after the effects of the 'shrooms have gone.
Part of the movie's problem that can't be ignored is that the two Elliotts look nothing alike. Maisy Stella plays the coltish young version and a wry Aubrey Plaza the older. Both turn in fine performances but the visuals are slowly grating.
The arrival of the older Elliott coincides with her younger self counting down the days until she can flee from her small town of 300 in the Muskoka Lakes region to college in Toronto, where "my life is about to start." She's sick of life on a cranberry farm.
Park's scenes and dialogue are unrushed and honest as Elliott takes her older self's advice and tries to repair... Read More