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I’ve been struggling today to come up with some words about the film “Dear Zachary.” It opens in NYC this weekend and will roll out in the weeks after. Words, quite frankly, do not do this beastrugllingutiful cinematic love letter justice. There are very few works of art that can contain so much horror and so much love at the same time. I’ve met the filmmaker Kurt a few times and he’s just the best guy. I hope he wins an Oscar. He deserves it. So with my own words failing me, I decided I’d just a pull two quotes from the film’s website. (here) They’re from Ain’t It Cool News and sums it up perfectly.

If you’re in in NYC this weekend, please go see this film.

“Dear Zachary is by far one of the greatest films I’ve seen in the last few years. The movie is phenomenal. It’s not just a movie, but a gift from one friend to another. The amount of honest love in this movie is overwhelming…that’s a rare experience to be sitting in a dark theater and truly witness something beautiful…you will walk out of this film completely different from how you walked in… By the end of the movie you will be wanting to write letters to Canada’s government or taking action of some kind. Dear Zachary is a powerful film that will inspire you in so many different ways.” - Muldoon, Ain’t It Cool News

“This is the purest, most intensely raw film I have ever seen of any kind, dramatic or nonfiction. I cannot stress this enough: this movie frightened and disturbed me more than any horror film I’ve ever seen in my life. There were moments when something happened that had my heart beating so fast I became lightheaded and had to refocus myself. I found myself wishing that I’d done certain things to live my life differently, that I could make more of an impact on the people around me… If nothing else is accomplished with this film, it will absolutely attach you to the too-short life that was Andrew Bagby’s, and you’re going to be sad that you didn’t get a chance to know him — but glad all the same that you know ABOUT him now.” - Mr. Winston, Ain’t It Cool News