At the start of the year, the 29 - year -
old was basically unknown: his first feature, musical «Guy And Madeline on a Park
Bench,» had been well - liked but little - seen, and prior writing credits on 2013's contradictorily - titled «The Last Exorcism Part II» and Elijah Wood - starring B - movie «Grand
Piano» didn't exactly suggest our next great auteur.
When it arrived at my house, I opened the
bench and found stacks of
old sheet music — complete with little gold stars and scrawled notes from
piano teachers («Needs more work!»).