Amid all the debate over DV vs. celluloid, especially in smaller industries, May Miles Thomas' One Life Stand emerges as a perfect example of craft transcending technical origins.
Made as a no-budget, personal exercise by the Glaswegian filmer, drama about a devoted single mother and her uncaring teenage son announces a considerable talent in waiting.
Maureen Carr shines as Trise...Full of humorous and touching moments, and far from being the downbeat grunge it sounds, pic has a rarefied, slightly abstract quality, thanks to Miles Thomas' formal, fixed-camera style, fluid editing and pertinent use of close-ups.
Bobby Henry's ethereal music is a fine complement to the images, and there isn't a weak link in the varied cast.