Scumrock

Gripping, strangely beautiful, and poignant.

As fast and energetic as it is funny.

Sweetly mocking comedy about the perils of reaching 30 with little to show for one's avant-gardeness except crazy hair and an ossifying attitude.

Moritsugu's film is really just a loose collection of encounters between characters that at times barely hangs together.

Bay Area filmmaker Jon Moritsugu (Fame Whore, Mod Fuck Explosion) is known for his angry, manic energy, but the characters in this video, denizens of the San Francisco art fringe, seem like they're heavily sedated.

The script gives both actors, as well as the supporting cast, very little to work with, aside from some crude John Waters-inspired put-downs and plays on words.

Actors who can't act, musicians who can't play, and storylines that go absolutely nowhere.