2024 Entry #018 01-13-14 “Daddy’s Boy” is a 2016 black and white drama film which was written and directed by Daniel Armando (“Boys Like You”, “What It Was”, “Love Me Anyway”, “Self-Tape”, “A Boy Like That”, “Collar Confessions”, “Go Go”). The story follows the lives of several men, all sons, some of them fathers, whose stories are interconnected via interwoven sexual encounters and complex family dynamics.
This was a surprise. I’m not certain that I completely understand what I just watched, but I was fully engaged with the material. The story seems to be non-linear in nature, saying much with very little. The film, set in New York City, is beautifully photographed, giving it a timeless quality. The soundtrack was repetitive at times, yet effectively melancholy. And while I don’t quite grasp everything here (which may or may not be a problem with the film), I appreciated that the answers were not spoon fed to me.