commotion
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Director/co-writer David Winters’ low-budget slasher movie was shot guerrilla-style — initially without permits — across the 1981 festival, using its real-time commotion, glitz and key locales as a vivid backdrop.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Less frequent are the moments in the middle; good days with little commotion, ones that warrant personal reflection but don’t have the same emotional resonance in a relatively standard biopic like this one.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
Alexandra Ingersoll, a correspondent for One America News, told AFP she was inside when the commotion began, and saw Secret Service spring into action to protect the president.
From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026
Crowd commotion hits a heavy metal high and drops steeply to silence.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Their commotion was only going to draw more attention to us.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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