The Murder of Hi Good (2012)

The Murder of Hi Good: Directed by Lee Lynch. With David Nordstrom, Cory Zacharia, Al Bringas, Eric H. Heisner. Part documentary, part magical realist reenactment, The Murder of Hi Good details the assassination of Northern California’s most infamous Indian hunter, “Hiram Good”.

“This will be a short review – it could be even shorter; it could simply say u0026quot;learn to keep the camera straightu0026quot;. In fact iu0026#39;m going to copypaste the phrase u0026quot;learn to keep the camera straightu0026quot; several times because i feel that this phrase, on its own, explains about 90% of what this film review needs to be.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe other 10% is: itu0026#39;s a cheaply made u0026quot;westernu0026quot; with horrid non-professional acting, terrible photography (iu0026#39;ve seen films shot on iPhones that are 10x better) and a plot which i didnu0026#39;t have time to understand because i was being made to feel nauseous by the constantly tilting and weaving of the camera.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003elearn to keep the camera straight.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThatu0026#39;s lesson 1 of filmmaking. Even Andy Warholu0026#39;s u0026quot;Sleepu0026quot; managed to accomplish this step, and The Murder Of Hi Good, instead, did not.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;.. is a true crime revisionist Acid Western set in the frontier of Northern Californiau0026quot; says the blurb. No. Itu0026#39;s not. Itu0026#39;s garbage.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy vote: 4/10 – learn to keep the camera straight.”