Go

 Go

In a nutshell: Los Angeles. Nightlife. Drugs. Raves. Supermarket’s. Dodgy cops. TV actors. A talking cat!  How is it all connected? Go takes a look into a 24 hour period of several different characters, as they revel in their youth and run into each other one way or another. Three inter-connecting stories are explored, and it’s all done in fast, frenetic and fun way. And the point of it all? Nothing really. But it’s a good time!

What was different/original about it? Go was the “Pulp Fiction” for the teenage market of the 90’s. As viewers of that age were hooked on predictable slasher-flicks and the sappy drama of “Dawson’s Creek”, Go got them to watch a movie with a story that was strange, non-linear and completely offbeat. It took the “3 Story Formula” approach established by Pulp Fiction, and introduced it to a younger, hipper and more naïve audience. And they loved it! 

How did it changes movies? Perhaps the impact “Go” had was giving younger actors better roles. As Hollywood’s fascination with youth grew in the mid 90’s with the reintroduction of teen slasher films, Go continued that obsession which has continued well into today’s mainstream movies and TV. The best roles were no longer reserved for the older, well-known and more experienced actors – the next generation was on the way up, led here by the likes of Katie Holmes and Timothy Olyphant. They proved they had the chops to carry a film, and portray the youth of the 21^st century; smart, sexy and sophisticated.   

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