Foxhole. Written and directed by Jack Fessenden, produced by Adam Scherr and Larry Fessenden.
Situating an existential human drama in the most claustrophobic, terrifying, and monotonous of settings—a battlefield trench—has been an irresistible lure to filmmakers like Howard Hawks, Lewis Milestone, Samuel Fuller, Stanley Kubrick, and G. W. Pabst. Jack Fessenden’s ambitious contribution to this wartime genre achieves an almost abstract beauty as it spans 36 hours across three separate wars: the American Civil War, World War I, and the Gulf. Remarkably, Fessenden, who grew up watching his parents, Larry Fessenden and stop-motion animator Beck Underwood, make movies, and who began making movies of his own at age seven, wrote the script for Foxhole while still in high school, shot the film after his first year at Wesleyan, and cut and scored it while isolated in upstate New York during the pandemic.
Foxhole Reviews
“It’s through this poetic Malick-esque dialogue that his characters show how individual humanity and goodness can endure even in the middle of no man’s land.”
Read the rest at RogerEbert.com
“The foxholes from which this ambitious, thoughtful film derives its title are not literal. Not exactly. But the metaphor of military soldiers being squeezed together in a small and somewhat hopeless space is apt.”
Read the rest at EntertainmentOrDie.Com
“By observantly depicting three wars from three different centuries using the same troupe of actors, Foxhole filmmaker Jack Fessenden holds a multi-faceted mirror up to the humanity and mortality of war.”
Read the rest at Every Movie Has a Lesson
Goldwyn Premier of Foxhole at IFC Center in NYC
Tickets for the sneak preview screening on Thursday May 12 at 7:30pm followed by a Q&A with director are now available. Additional tickets available by Tuesday May 10 by 6pm.
More info at IFC Center
Samuel Goldwyn Films Nabs War Horror Pic ‘Foxhole’
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the North American rights to Jack Fessenden’s war film Foxhole after a world premiere at Oldenberg.
“Situating an existential human drama in the most claustrophobic, terrifying, and monotonous of settings—a battlefield trench—has been an irresistible lure to filmmakers like Howard Hawks, Lewis Milestone, Samuel Fuller, Stanley Kubrick, and G. W. Pabst. Jack Fessenden’s ambitious contribution to this wartime genre achieves an almost abstract beauty as it spans 36 hours across three separate wars”
—Josh Siegel, The Museum of Modern Art
“rises to the height of its ambitions…FOXHOLE cares about the individuals tasked with fighting, in the hours that challenge them most”
—The Hollywood Reporter
Dayton native’s latest film to screen at The Neon
When he was a teenager growing up in Vandalia, cinematographer/director of photography Collin Brazie developed a passion for independent film. So, it’s fitting his latest endeavor, the war drama “Foxhole,” will receive its local premiere Saturday, May 7 at The Neon, Dayton’s premier venue for independent film.
Read more at Dayton.com