Wild Tigers I Have Known Page #2

Synopsis: Junior high in a time of rotary phones. Cougars have been spotted in the area. Logan is 13, the odd kid, with an active imagination and few friends. His young, single mother seems stressed. Latency is giving way to puberty, and Logan, who keeps a tube of lipstick in his dresser, may be gay or, more mysterious, transgender. He stares at himself in the mirror. He becomes friends with Rodeo, older and more mature, good-looking, with girlfriends. They take walks. Logan calls Rodeo and pretends to be a girl. Will he disclose himself to Rodeo? The kids at school talk. The school wants to promote kindness and tolerance. There are stories of child suicide. How do we find our way?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Cam Archer
Production: IFC First Take
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
NOT RATED
Year:
2006
88 min
Website
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be boring. It'll just be boring...

There is a kid at my school...

this boy, Daniel...

he was always dirty

and got made fun of a lot.

He killed himself one day after school.

His mom found him hung in his closet.

Nobody really talks about him anymore.

It's like, it's just something that happened.

Like it happened a long time ago

or something.

I bet now he looks down at us.

Maybe he just laughs.

Maybe he was always laughing, inside.

I guess it doesn't really matter.

I'll meet you in

the woods tomorrow after school.

You got to be kidding me.

Why is it...

Logan...

that everything that you touch

turns to sh*t?

Look at me when I'm talking

to you... pay attention!

Look at me!

Do you know how much this cost me?

Do you have any idea how much

groceries cost?

And you wonder why I'm never home.

You broke the eggs.

You broke the eggs, that's great.

Why don't we just break the rest

of the eggs while we're at it, huh?

Dump all the rest of the milk.

I swear to God,

you do not pay attention to anything.

You are constantly off in another world...

and I am the only one that is around

to take care of everything!

I have had it...

I need some help from you!

I can't do all of this

on my own all the time!

Are you listening?

Am I reaching you?

You know what... I give up.

I give up, I give up.

Are you gonna cry?

You're gonna cry now?

That's rich.

You know, you can't cry about sh*t

when it's your own fault.

Egg all over my goddamn...

If I could be with you forever...

I would be your only dream.

I would be your only dream.

I would be your only dream.

I would be your only dream.

I would be your only dream...

I could hit him for you,

if you want.

Who?

Bryce. I could do it, you know.

No, it's not worth it.

Yeah, maybe you're right.

Do you like school?

Not really.

I hate it. Not as much as I used to hate

it because, really, it's almost over.

What's almost over?

Junior high, it's dumb.

It's just such a dumb time.

Yeah, but it's not really over.

High school will be better.

More kids.

Right, more kids that'll hate me.

Who hates you?

I don't know, boys like Bryce.

Everybody, really.

Nobody talks to me.

You think I hate you?

I don't know yet.

Yet. So you mean you will know?

Yeah, maybe.

Well, I don't hate you.

Yeah, well, you're different then, I guess.

I really want to see lions or a lion.

I guess they're not around today.

How many have you seen?

Like, two.

No, wait... three.

All together?

No, different times.

Do they see you?

No.

How do you know?

You think I'd be here if they saw me?

I'd be dead for sure.

You can't survive something like that,

you know?

I thought they lived

in caves or something.

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Cam Archer

Cam Archer (born 1981) is an American independent filmmaker, photographer and sound designer, currently residing in Santa Cruz, California. more…

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