Karla Murthy's THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT is amazing. The film is Murthy's meditation of her life and a celebration of her father who never gave up on the American dream. It is a film that is full of life and humanity.
Constructed largely from home movies and the phone conversations Murthy had with her dad while he was working as a gas station attendant the film is a very open discussion of life between a father and daughter as the talk filled the quiet times at night. Her dad talks about his life and journey to America and trying to make a life for his family. Murthy then uses his words to explore her life as a first generation American of mixed cultural parents (her dad is from India, her mom from the Philippines).
You will get lost in this film. I started the film and promptly fell into it. Murthy's storytelling is masterful, there is a simplicity to it that allows the tale to fully resonate and for all the themes it is exploring to fully shine through. By the end of the film I wanted to hug both Murthy and her dad for within them I see the best of us.
A staggering achievement and an absolute must see.
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