I Used to Be Darker
Every end connects magically to a beginning. Adolescent Taryn becomes convinced of this when she travels from Ireland to the United States, in pursuit of love, which turns out to be a meaningless affair without the willing participation of her lover. Although Taryn quickly discovers that this transient romance will have serious consequences, she has no intention of returning home. Holed up with an aunt and her uncle’s daughter, she contemplates the love-hate relationship between adults – a couple on the edge of divorce. When they survive this breakdown, she finds a moment of pause. A moment of trauma, withdrawal and apathy before the next struggle for happiness. Where can it be found, if old road signs have led us astray and new directions on the road of life have not yet been erected?
Matthew Porterfield
Matt Porterfield was born in October, 1977 in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied at New York’s Tisch School of the Arts. His second film, Putty Hill, competed in the International New Horizons Competition during the 10th edition of the festival NH. Aside from directing, Porterfield lectures on screenwriting and production at the Film and Media Studies Program of John Hopkins University in Baltimore. Porterfield’s works have been presented at, among others, the Museum of Modern Art, the Pompidou Centre and in Anthology Film Archives. The film I Used To Be Darker was screened in the Forum section at this year’s festival in Berlin.
Filmography
2006 Hamilton
2010 Putty Hill
2013 I Used To Be Darker
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