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Synopsis: Jess (18) and Moss (12) are second cousins who have spent their summers together since either of them can remember. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, all they have is each other. Through a series of memories and vignettes, 'Jess + Moss' recounts the events of the last summer they shared together. Shot entirely on location with a variety of expired and often degraded film stocks, 'Jess + Moss' captures the evocative and haunting character of the dark fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Clay Jeter
Production: Strand Releasing
  5 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
83 min
Website
82 Views


Jess, you are so pretty.

And you got mama's big blue eyes.

And legs for Dave's. I don't

know where you got those.

You're mama's little angel.

You are so pretty.

And you got mama's big blue eyes.

And legs for Dave's. I don't

know where you got those.

When information is there.

That information cannot be forgotten.

Now think about that.

If you have information

in your knowledge bank,

you can't forget it.

These are places in the mind

that can store information;

new information, that you

want to recall in the future.

Trust your memories.

You all have perfect memories now.

Did you know that the human being

only uses about 12% of their brain?

Yeah. Imagine what it would be like if there

was like- If we used only like 20, 30, 40...

- 70

- Or even 100.

Like the whole brain.

We could probably remember

from the day we was born

'till the day we died.

Shh. Shh, come on.

Okay, turn the flashlight off.

Tell it to me again.

You know it by heart.

I like it better when you tell it.

Come on, please?

My parents and your parents

were best of friends.

Every week, when they get together,

they play cards and stuff.

What card game did they play?

They played No Limit Hold 'em.

Tell it right.

Alright.

They played Pitch.

And they were always partners.

'Cause they loved each

other so much, right?

That's right.

'Cause they loved each other very much.

And the day you were born

was the best day of their life.

You were their beautiful baby boy.

Amos Obadiah.

Moss.

They loved you very much.

Jess!

Jess!

Jess!

Jess!

Jess!

Jess!

How would you like to make more money?

Increase your intelligence,

And impress everyone you meet.

All this is possible, and much more

when you have a MegaMemory.

This probably sounds too good to be true.

But it's not.

In fact, we guarantee that you will

experience a 500% increase in your memory

after taking this course.

And here's the key...

You already have a photographic memory...

With the proven techniques offered

in this MegaMemory program

You can train your memory

to recall everything...

You can train your memory to recall

everything you read and hear.

Jess!

I just don't want you to get hung up

and get stuck somewhere, with some boy.

And I know you're a little young

to understand this kind of thing.

But men, they're all the same.

They're pathetic.

It was not your fault, Jess.

It was never your fault.

I had no choice.

I just had to go.

You can understand that can't ya?

Jess! Jess!

Jesus Christ, Moss! What's wrong with you?!

Don't you know how to leave anybody alone?!

Get out of here!

What, are you deaf?! Go on!

The information in the long

term memory is suppressed.

This is the reason why you can't recall it.

And there are several reasons why

this information is suppressed.

One is that there could be emotional

pain, blocking that information.

If there is some type of pain

associated with and event

then, you, don't want to re-feel that pain

So it suppresses- It holds

down that information.

But it is there.

Jess?

Jess?

Come on.

Go on.

Don't be scared.

Now, wait here.

I'll be right back. I promise.

Jess?

Jess?

Let me out.

Jess?

Jess, come on. This isn't funny.

Jess!

Jess!

Jess, let me out!

Jess!

Jess, this isn't funny!

Let me out!

Jess!

Please, Jess?

Hey Moss.

There's this awesome meteor

shower tonight at 1.

Let's meet here at midnight okay?

I can't.

What?

What do you mean?

Don't be such a wuss.

I don't want to, alright?

Look, the only reason I asked was 'cause

you looked so pathetic

and lonely over here.

You're pathetic.

You're out of high school

and you're still running

round here like you're 10.

I'm pathetic?

You're the one always listening

to those stupid tapes.

Tryna remember something you're

never going to remember.

See if you remember this.

There was no car wreck.

Shut up.

That was all a big fat lie.

Shut up.

I made it all up.

Your parents never loved you.

They left you.

- Do you remember that?

- Shut up!

Do you?

You were the one who was left. Not me.

How long have you had that

stupid suitcase packed anyway?

No Jess. Stop it, Jess.

Just stop it.

Are we still gonna watch

the meteor shower tonight?

No.

You're right.

Last night I had the weirdest dream.

I was standing in the middle of

an open field, or something.

And all of a sudden, I looked

up and it was a meteor.

I followed it out of sight and then I looked

back to see if there was going to be any more

And the same one came around again.

I was so low now, that I

could see the texture.

Looked like the moon with all the

orators and mountains and stuff.

And then...

it came around again.

This time it was so close, I had to duck.

I mean, it was so loud and so close.

And as soon as it was about to hit

the ground, everything went black.

I was cold and alone.

It was like I-

It was like I was floating in outer space

as if the world had ended.

And then...

One night, they were driving

down to see my parents.

And it was storming really, really, bad.

And they got into a car wreck.

And they died.

It was very sad.

There is so much out here, Jess.

I just had to go on my own first.

Make a path, for us.

I'm working everything out.

And all you have to do

is be ready.

But don't get attached to

anything you can't take.

Remember.

Your life is your own

and you can do anything you want.

That is one rare old car.

Want one?

Okay.

What?

Nothin'.

Come on, tell me.

Come on, tell me.

You have chalk all over your face.

Hey Jess, did you see that?

- No.

- Well, watch.

You gotta pick a good one.

- Yellow ones are usually-

- I know how to do it, Moss.

I'm the one who taught you how to do it.

- Good?

- Mhm.

Hey, Jess?

See the big dipper?

Where?

Right there in front of you.

Oh yeah.

If there was a snake,

it would have bit you.

So weird.

What's weird?

The stars.

It's just that, they look like tiny specs.

And really, we're the tiny specs.

Not even.

We're the tiny specs on tiny specs.

It's so big.

It's scary.

Yeah.

Hey do you think there's aliens out there?

Probably.

Yeah, let's see if they know Morse code.

They'll probably get that message

in about 100 billion years.

It takes light so long

to travel through space.

I remember when the house didn't

use to look like that, you know?

It's funny how when you

see something every day.

It changes so slowly,

you can't even tell that it's

getting worse, you know.

But it is.

It definitely is.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

There's a beautiful place called heaven.

It is hidden above the bright blue.

Where the good, who from

Earth-ties are riven.

'Tis a land where we never grow old.

Never grow old, never grow old,

In a land where we'll never-

Jess, you'll never believe what I got.

Jess?

Jess?

Jess, where's your bike. I

didn't see it out front.

Jess?

Jess, look what I got.

Jess!

And the day you were born

was the happiest day of their lives.

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