Extraordinary. I certainly hope the filmmaker, Adam Tyree, is finding success because this short film was more substantive, beautiful, moving and impactful than most full length features I've seen. Every element, from the performances to the camera work, resonates and contributes to the overall feeling of hope and humanity. And, yes, this should become a feature film.
Wow. Really moved me when the kid’s boss filled his bag with the bread. Sometimes just a bit of kindness can turn someone’s life in a better direction.
This is beautiful As he is sitting there listening to some of his song being played, he felt vulnerable and exposed but it forced him to find his voice and live his truth, because things can get better if you want them to.
Wow! That was an unexpected tearjerker at the end. To have someone else show you the way to self-acceptance and finally be ready to go there, because you've tried everything else! I also loved how his boss helped him to be kind and generous with others.
OMG! I was in tears by the end of this short! The song, the emotional and mental breakthrough for the lead character, and the connection he finds truly rips at your heart. WONDERFUL! Thank you.
Beautiful story and I'm a little suprised that some people didn't get it. I'm guessing that they didn't take the time to listen to the lyrics of the song at the end which tells the story of the blond guy to begin with and then added to it by the dark guy which comes into play, the hardship that these 2 human beings. They are "brothers" in hardship, sexual orientation and music. The blond guy sees that he is not alone and find, into the other, a kinship of all those experiences. Someone who understands what he went through. Very moving, very sensitive…
Wow I have not had a gay short film touch me this hard I paused tears 😭 of joy. If everyone love each other, self love we just might be living a loving 🥰 ❤️ earth 🌍.
why am I only seeing this now!? very very good short! and song at the end really really good and beautifully sang! and everyone should know Nina Simone ...
This made me cry but it was because it was beautiful and insightful and well done. The dialogue about Joni Mitchell and Nina Simone was funny and icing on the cake. Yum.
How you managed to cram so much into so little time was amazing. Maybe you have to dumb it down a little for all of us to understand what is going on, but there was also a beauty to your work that kept you short of breath. Thanks. Always looking to find parts of myself in these movies.
Wow. I just saw this and loved it. Jesse James Rice (who I'd never heard of) did such a good job here - especially his reaction in the open mic scene when he hears his song. Choked me up - nothing like music to draw out feelings 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻 EDIT: OMG those are original songs
Adam Tyree, thank you! Believably acted; I felt what they portrayed. Good filmography and editing. Moving melody with lyrics that matched. At age 57 it tears into my heart and allows me a sense of abandon and surrender for hope. Thank you
Your generation really hard it tough I thank your generation for we not even perhaps not here today. The stepping stones is what made today for the gay males to have a chance to live free. Today their is a lot of Gay meetings places around the globalization communities I think James Sylvester help quite a bit as well from here to Africa. Long live our communities of hope.
Wow! that was incredibly moving, Jesse is such a brilliant actor and fantastic to see Willie Jones after his X Factor performance, he certainly has come a long way since then!
Excellent! Everything/everyone is so real. Great job. Have you thought about making this into a web series? Definitely need a part two at the very least.
@Adam Tyree - If it can be done, you can do it. It's going to be challenging to have this much punch in a longer form. Reminds me of the film The Way He Looks from an earlier short, and that turned out well. Brokeback Mountain was based on a short story! You'd never think that from the film. Seeing your talent on display makes wishing you luck seem superfluous, but I do anyway.
Awesome! Why do people cause so much pain to those of us who are different than they? Perhaps they’re the ones who are different. If so, I know we would be cool with them in spite of the differences - everyone the same is colorless and dull.
If it’s the only thing I take away from this is people put on a shell to hide their problems and it’s ok to let people in and see your issues and the problems you face as well as something so simple can really change the way your life is going don’t be afraid to take a risk.
One of the best short movies I have ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot of them. Beautiful cinematography, photography, acting was incredible and the song... wow... this song should be on Spotify! Is the actor also a singer? Should definitely be. Congrats to everyone involved in this. ❤️
Ohhh fuck, my heart is crazy, beating so fast, i'm shivering , this is breath taking. ❤ i loved it, touches deep into the emotions I wanna download this Song, i need, have to, please if anyone knows where i can find it.
The impoverished young Mike in Adam Tyree’s “Open Mic” wants to take his guitar on stage to sing about his failed life but lacks the confidence. As played by Jesse James Rice, Mike bumbles through pretty much every day, living out of his pick up truck parked in a back alley, clumsily burning and cooking buns in equal number at the bakery where he works, struggling to converse with people regardless of whether he slept all night with them or someone he just met, such as Willie Jones’ Nathan, a fellow open mic performer. Indeed, Mike is not your typical character in a short film, gay or otherwise. It’s hard to find a new take on a coming out story, but Jesse James Rice & Ryan Roschke’s script is commendable for trying. Its success in my view is due in large part to Adam Tyree’s direction & Jonathan Pope’s photography: the film has a gritty, & edgy feel to it, filled with numerous close-up & unsteady shots. At the end, Mike’s coming out into the open, ironically, is at an open mic session. Mike gained his missing confidence from a fellow traveller who reveals their shared experience. What should have been a satisfactory resolution instead felt to me like a dramatic contrivance which unfortunately lessened an otherwise good film.
