The Negative Version of History: Connor Sen Warnick on Characters Disappearing

The buzz around Connor Sen Warnick’s first feature, Characters Disappearing, has been humming since it screened at last year’s New/Next Film Festival in Baltimore. In just a few years New/Next has established a reputation as a tastemaker and cultivator of exciting new voices in American independent filmmaking — independence of a very different stripe than the facsimile festivals like Sundance, SXSW, and Tribeca construct around their own lineups. Characters Disappearing is an unconventional period piece. Working on a shoestring budget, the...