The Wind Phone

Inspired by a story of a telephone booth set on a Japanese cliff, where people come to call loved ones lost to a tragic natural disaster, this short and profoundly simple film beautifully conveys the feeling of loss and desire to stay connected to the people who have perished. The frame filling shot of the ocean, against which the Director, Kirsten Gerweck placed the phone booth-set, bespeaks of the vastness of the grief portrayed by each character who enters and speaks into the old fashion pay phone. The film smartly captures the essence of the Japanese heightened sense of life and death and relaying on simplicity it makes its statement universal. Nice cinematography furthers the poetry of the piece.

A phone. 0 wishes. A human being without being turned on. All separated items without capacity. So really it was euphoric because nothing that we believe should happen needed to happen. for these objects, an evening at Denny's was provided by someone that loves these objects and then that person easily leaves.

Greetings again from the darkness. If there is a phone booth present, we are usually watching a movie that is at least 20 year old, or one that is set in the past. But not this time. Writer-director Kristen Gerweck tells us the film is set in 2012 on a Cliffside in Otsuchi Japan. We are also informed that the story is inspired by true events.

We only hear one end of the conversations at a time, and at first we don't understand how the seven people - strangers to each other - are connected by the phone. What we do see is a gorgeous seaside view with an oddly placed phone booth. The performances are as exceptional as the view.

The film has a haunting feel contrasted with the beauty we see. This is only Ms. Gerweck's second short film, and it has been well received on the festival circuit. With elements of an episode of "The Twilight Zone", her film delivers a curious, tension-packed few minutes.

Ferguson, Do you have letterbox? Or a Personal Account?