Shirkers
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In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan and her friends Sophie and Jasmine shot Singapore's first indie-a road movie called "Shirkers"-with their enigmatic American mentor, Georges Cardona. Sandi wrote the script and played the lead, a killer named S. After shooting wrapped, Georges vanished with all the footage! 20 years later, the 16mm cans are recovered in New Orleans, sending Sandi-now a novelist in Los Angeles-on a new personal odyssey across two continents and many media: 16mm, digital, Hi8, Super8, slides, animation and handwritten letters. A kaleidoscopic punk rock ghost story!
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- Dec 11, 2018
"he was gone, and so was shirkers" incredibly alarming how all it takes is one person to change history and erase what could have been such a meaningful and monumental piece of art. in the universe parallel to ours, shirkers rocked the world
LucyOct 26, 2018it is going to take me days to come up with the vocabulary with which to discuss this movie
karen h.Oct 26, 2018A young woman makes a movie in 1992. The man she entrusts with the job of directing it disappears with the footage. Years later, she goes in search of him, and it. The result is one of the great acts of turning lemons into cinematic lemonade I can recall.
Matt Singer - Nov 5, 2018
I feel so raw after watching this film. My heart is so heavy, and I'm mourning for Sandi, Jasmine, and Sophie's loss. For the loss of every woman who's art was stolen from them by men with fragile egos. But my god. What a cathartic experience this was. Grief in it's most…
antonioOct 28, 2018the scariest movie i've watched all halloween season........turns out that the idea of putting that much time and effort and money into something only for it to be taken away is more terrifying to me than just straight-up being murdered
Ellie ✨Nov 25, 2018“she develops feelings for him, which means she has to kill him” is a mood
Emma Stefansky - Jan 20, 2021
There is no limit to the amount of money I would pay in order to watch a finalised version of the original Shirkers film
•lily•Apr 8, 2025I wanna bear hug this movie :’(
Iman VellaniDec 21, 2018i have no words other than men, in fact, do not deserve any rights whatsoever (but we already knew that)
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- Ana Julia Silva B likedShirkers
eu achei interessante, dá pra entender a mensagem que ele quer passar e é bem legal ver a forma como a história se desenvolve e nos prende
Mickerdoo likedShirkersCrazy glimpse into a theft of time, creation and effort. Well laid out.
Phoebe is "meh" onShirkersIt could’ve been so much better…. Netflix documentaries are always mid
- Andrew Silva likedShirkers
o filme é muito interessante, gostei muito da história e da temática.
Star Lord likedShirkersBizarre and intriguing.
Liam Tipler likedShirkersi want a georges movie
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Metacritic
Dec 7, 2018
It’s a charming, wistful movie, and I trust Tan will not have to wait another 20 years to direct her next film.
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 26, 2018
In her search for closure to this bizarre chapter in her life, Tan recreates Cardona’s steps to make sense of why he would steal the teens’ work. Her journey takes several dark turns, which she captures in a crisp digital format which contrasts nicely against the dreamy footage of the original “Shirkers,” which was its own twisted take on melodrama, surrealism and existentialism.
Monica Castillo
RogerEbert.com
Oct 25, 2018
Like another breakout independent film this year, “The Tale,” Tan’s documentary attempts to portray her own narrative with objectivity and distance, but she discovers along the way that such a thing may not be possible, that memories will wait years or decades to snag you in their truths.
April Wolfe
TheWrap
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Shirkers (2018)?
The movie is 1hr 36min long.
What's Shirkers (2018) about?
In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan and her friends Sophie and Jasmine shot Singapore's first indie-a road movie called "Shirkers"-with their enigmatic American mentor, Georges Cardona. Sandi wrote the script and played the lead, a killer named S. After shooting wrapped, Georges vanished with all the footage! 20 years later, the 16mm cans are recovered in New Orleans, sending Sandi-now a novelist in Los Angeles-on a new personal odyssey across two continents and many media: 16mm, digital, Hi8, Super8, slides, animation and handwritten letters. A kaleidoscopic punk rock ghost story!
Who's the director behind Shirkers (2018)?
Sandi Tan directed Shirkers (2018).
Who produced Shirkers (2018)?
Sandi Tan, Jessica Levin and Maya Rudolph produced Shirkers (2018).
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