I am Not a Hipster

A "Love Letter to San Diego"
I AM NOT A HIPSTER's opening sequence takes place at the Casbah (San Diego Music Venue). We are on stage, a microphone in our face, with the struggling musician/protagonist of the film named Brook (Dominic Bogart). The audience is waiting for a performance. There are couple of shout-outs to Tim Mays, the club's real life owner, before Brook excuses himself from the stage, in the middle of a set, to throw up. But before he vomits into the real life toilet of one of San Diego's most respected music venues, he performs a really good song (created by Joel P West) that sets the tone for the rest of the film.

First things first- hipster, hipster, hipster. I, personally, have never thought of the term "hipster" as negative. I would probably like to be described as a hipster, but I fear I seldom am. The lead character, however, is a hipster in the grand sense of the cliché - an artist who listens to records, plays guitar, rides a bike, smokes hand rolled cigarettes, and...

Spot on
Pretty awesome if your a s****y depressed musician who likes to record music in your bedroom. I recommend this film.

Woah, beautiful.
I've never written a review before. I am an aspiring singer/songwriter living in New York City and I watch a lot of movies, especially independent films. This one really was one of the best I've seen lately. It was literal, and at the same time symbolic. What I really liked was the contrast between sadness and unhappiness mixed with happiness. Quiet and independent, yet relatable. Bravo.

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