Little Athens follows an ensemble cast of late teens/early twenty somethings through a turbulent day living in small town Athens Arizona. The film follows each character individually until they all end up at the same house party at the end of the day. A picture is painted of the hopeless void of the small town post high school world. The director himself describes the film as an anti coming of age story.
In the q and a after the film one confused woman asked director Tom Zuber if this type of story is common in smaller towns in America. Heof course replied yes. I guess if you're from a big city or left where you grew up right after high school you wouldn't understand, but yes this type of story is very true. Zuder does well at describing the scenario. People graduate high school and now instead of working a job they had in the summer its full time, and they start to realize that there are consequences to their actions (unlike if you skipped class in high school). Its as if being trapped in a time warp where you're basically just going through the motions of life, not really moving towards a goal. I enjoyed the movie but I know a lot of people wouldn't.
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