I BLame Society

United States • 2020

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“We gave you all these ideas and you go off and make weird Frances Ha...” the famous last words of a producer who doubts the awesome power of writer/director/star Gillian Wallace Horvat.

After a few idiosyncratic short films Horvat gave the world a concentrated dose of her meta-madness in I Blame Society, a film that destroys itself and its benefactors as it goes on. Horvat plays a funhouse version of herself, a terminally plugged-in creator looking to finally make the leap to the big time. With an atta boy from clueless moneymen, Gillian starts documenting her process of squaring up accounts with ex-boyfriends, old enemies, and innocent bystanders alike.

“Authentic in more ways than one,” as Gillian herself says, I Blame Society is among the most pointed and dryly hysterical looks at the world of branding, buzzwords, and social media’s indemnification against serial selfishness. A true original, shot guerrilla style and with a cast and crew of friends, I Blame Society is a messy open casket funeral for the independent American cinema of the 2000s. 

Gillian Wallace Horvat
Gillian Wallace Horvat, Chase Williamson
Gillian Wallace Horvat, Chase Williamson, Macon Blair, Keith Poulson, Jennifer Kim

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  • "The most enjoyable kind of dark comedy. A clever and more than a little disturbing satire that takes a harsh look at indie filmmaking, our selfie and self-centering culture, and the logistical difficulties that come with planning the perfect murder."

    Shelagh Rowan-Legg

    Screen Anarchy

  • "A scabrous satire about navigating an industry that parrots all the right things about wanting women’s stories, but doesn’t actually seem to have changed that much at all in terms of who has power and who gets to determine which of those stories are the right kind — a realization that’s enough to make anyone snap."

    Alison Willmore

    New York Magazine

  • "As funny and scary as anything Hollywood itself has churned out in recent years. Hollywood wishes it could make films as original as this biting satire."

    Kate Erbland

    IndieWire

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Region A Blu-ray

  • Kiss Kiss Fingerbang: Horvat’s 2015 SXSW Jury Award winning short film

  • Whiskey Fist (2017) Horvat’s follow-up short film starring Chase Williams and Heather Kafka

  • I, Murderer (2016 -2018) Unfinished short that served as an inspiration for "I Blame Society" and featured within in the film

  • Audio Commentary by filmmaker Gillian Wallace Horvat and Cinematographer Olivia Kuan

  • Booklet Essay by Vickey Osterweil with an introduction by Screenwriter Daniel Waters (Heathers, Batman Returns)

  • Theatrical Trailer

  • English SDH subtitles

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