DC Shorts Blog
Review: “WHAT THEY WANT”
Director: David Heiman
Running Time: 17:37
Genre: Drama
What They Want is a drama about a man running for an anonymous Congressional district haunted by the tactics of his amoral media consultant, a consultant concerned only with winning and not with maintaining morality and integrity. Not especially subtle in its message, the short takes a while to build up the tension but the buildup keeps going for the entire story. By the end one has gotten a depressing but incredibly truthful look at politics and the win-at-all-costs attitude of modern campaigning.
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Reviewed films were randomly selected from the hundreds of entries to the 2009 DC Shorts Film Festival. The reviews are written by Bryan Koenig, an intern with an interest in film review and journalism. The opinions expressed are his own, and not that of the independent judging panel, the DC Shorts Film Festival staff, or the staff and Board of the DC Film Alliance.
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