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St. Nick Explores Growing Up
Writer-director David Lowery’s new film follows two kids on their own
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St. Nick is a startling film in that it ignores many of the traditional Western story structures viewers have become comfortable with. The story revolves around a brother and sister (eleven and nine) who are alone and fending for themselves. They seek refuge in an abandoned building and find ways to survive alone, all the while muddling their way through their last cusp of real childhood. What is truly remarkable about the film is the fact that David Lowery, its filmmaker, never concerns himself or the audience with questions of where the children were before this and how they got to be here. The story is entirely centered upon the present, fixated upon the “right now” that survival, and childhood itself, often prioritizes.
St. Nick is an exploration in these themes, the importance and interconnectedness of past, present and future. The fleeting presence of childhood and its all too often unexpected nullification and reemergence—and how people are made to deal with this—are thoroughly explored through the actions of the two youthful leads. Audience members are allowed to see the quickly applied but easily shattered guise of adulthood that two children utilize when placed into the harshest of situations.
The film, which won acclaim at the SXSW Movie Festival, will be shown at the Old American Can Factory on August 28 in Brooklyn as part of the Rooftop Films Summer Series. Doors open at 8 pm and guests are invited to enjoy the music of Cameron Hull before the film begins at 9 pm. A reception featuring free sangria sponsored by Carlo Rossi will follow the showing. Details and ticket information can be found at rooftopfilms.com.