Let Them Have Their Way

Three couples search for connection and meaning in an angry, anxious, and polarized world. Uniquely combining an expressionist and pop art style with hundreds of found footage clips, the film is a journey through the sights and sounds of consumerism, advertising, and self-help culture. A hybrid remix work blending fiction and documentary while testing the limits of Fair Use as rarely seen before. Completed in January 2020. Debut feature film. “…[an] experimental epic that digs into our excess-obsessed American culture.” — Dan Mecca, The Film Stage “… weirdly fascinating… variously resembles 'Koyaanisqatsi' and 'Mon Oncle d’Amerique' with some input from Charlie Kaufman… unlike anything else I’ve ever seen.” — M. Faust, The Public SELECTIONS + RECOGNITIONS * Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival * Official Selection: FIC AUTOR - Author's International Film Festival (Guadalajara, México) * Official Selection: Queens World Film Festival (Queens, New York City, NY): Winner: Jean-Luc Godard Award; Nomination: Best Screenplay * Blow-Up: International Arthouse Film Fest Chicago; Nominations: Best Narrative (Antonioni Award), Best Director (Tarkovsky Award), Best Screenplay (Tonino Guerra Award), Best Sound (Nino Rita Award), and Best Actress (Monica Vitti Award). * Special Preview Screening: Buffalo International Film Festival (rough cut, headlining film) * Winner: 1st Place, Fair Use Week, Virginia Tech NOTES * Copyrighted materials are licensed OR are legally used under "Fair Use"/"Fair Dealing" (we have a law firm backing the credibility of our approach) * This Vimeo screener has moments of visual distortion + blips not found in the high-quality master * Previously, rough cuts have been shown to participating communities via "special screening" status without officially premiering in 2014-2015; the film was completed in 2020

Year

2020

Director

Dien Vo

Duration

71 min

Country

United States

Language

English