The Natural History of Parking Lots

The Natural History of Parking Lots
VHS cover
Directed byEverett Lewis
Written byEverett Lewis
Produced byAziz Ghazal
StarringCharlie Bean
B. Wyatt
Charles Taylor
CinematographyHisham Abed
Roy Unger
Edited byEverett Lewis
Music byJohannes Hammers
Distributed byStrand Releasing
Release date
  • January 21, 1990 (1990-01-21) (United States Film Festival)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Natural History of Parking Lots is a 1990 American independent film written and directed by Everett Lewis. It tells the story of two estranged brothers who seek to reconcile their relationship against a background of criminal activity and violence. The film is Lewis' feature film debut.

Plot

In Los Angeles the late 1980s, 17-year-old Chris is arrested for stealing a car. His distant father (who insists his sons call him "Sam" and not "Dad") arranges for him to be bailed into the custody of Chris's older brother, Lance. The brothers seem to bond, but there is the suspicion that Lance is merely using his newly-domestic situation as a cover for his real business, gun-running.

Cast

Reception

Critic Emanuel Levy said the film’s "visual style owes a lot to the early works of French New Wave".[1] He added, "Mood and tone one are far more important than text or plot, which are slender, underdeveloped, often feeling arbitrary in the order which the sequences unfold and are presented. However, visually, the stylized black-and-white picture is impressive, courtesy of cinematographer Hisham Abed, compensating for the performances of Wyatt and Bean, which are decent but no more; Bean, in fact, has never acted before, but he’s blessed with a likable and vulnerable screen persona."[1]

Awards and nominations

The film was nominated for a 1991 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.[2] At the Torino International Film Festival the film won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film and the Prize of the City of Torino Award for Feature Film.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Levy, Emanuel (August 23, 2009). "Natural History of Parking Lots (1990): Everett Lewis Sundance Feature Debut". EmanuelLevy.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  2. ^ "1991 Independent Spirit Award nominees". Film Independent. Archived from the original on 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
  3. ^ "The Natural History of Parking Lots". Torino Film Fest. Retrieved 2023-01-03.

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