Review: Dragonslayer

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | January 4, 2012

So is Dragonslayer, which was filmed over a year ago, some kind of incidental document of the Occupy movement? Maybe, but at the same time, the stereotypical ethic of the skater punk has persisted for well over a generation now. What Sandoval seeks is nothing more complicated than an endless summer. The neat trick of Tristan Patterson's great debut is that he manages to depict such an ideal without being certain that it can really exist. Neither he nor Sandoval seem to think there's much harm in trying to find it, though.

Christopher Gray can be reached at christopher.ellis.gray@gmail.com.

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