Surrogate Valentine (2011)

[Drunk Monk]

Another in my Dave Boyle research. Goh Nakamura, a Bay Area indie guitarist, plays a fictionalized version of himself, touring the west coast. A lot is set in LA, SF, Portland & Seattle - SF gets the best showing. It's in artsy B&W (artsy as in low budget). 

This too was very enjoyable. Goh is a music teacher and hired to prep a vacuous TV actor for a role playing him. He takes him on tour and the two have a sort of quirky buddy flick. Again, there are good characters in funny awkward situations. I did lol for real. Goh has a great presence, not just as a musician, but as a neurotic guitarist. It's dialog based, with interspersed relavent songs by Goh. It's a small film, very small, but it has heart. 

This is part one of a trilogy, all surrounding Goh. I started part 2, Daylight Savings, last night too. Part 3, I will make you mine, isn't directed by Boyle.

[Drunk Monk]

Daylight Savings (2012)

Much of the same reuniting several of the original cast and adding Ayako Fujitani (Seagal’s daughter). But it peters out. It relies on many of the same ideas from the original but now they’re more cloying and whiny. Goh is still an impressive musician, but his neurotic act wears thin. I don’t know if I’ll bother with the last one, although I’d be amused to see Goh play at a club someday.

Not D00M recommended.