
Bootleg bubbles rise like mischievous ghosts in Home Brew, a 1920 one-reeler that feels boot-stitched from barbed wire and honey. Director-writer Tom Buckingham, a name too cavalier for oblivion, distills Americana into 12 minutes of nitrate hysteria: a flivver backfiring, gingham skirts whirling, a barn door slappin...

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" Bootleg bubbles rise like mischievous ghosts in Home Brew, a 1920 one-reeler that feels boot-stitched from barbed wire and honey. Director-writer Tom Buckingham, a name too cavalier for oblivion, distills Americana into 12 minutes of nitrate hysteria: a flivver backfiring, gingham skirts whirling, a barn door slapping starlight off its hinges. The plot—ostensibly a pursuit of illicit liquor—plays more like an incantation to the patron saint of hangovers. Alchemical Americana: Plot Refluxed I..."


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