rstabosz-1
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Time stands still where love is concerned, and also hate. This episode features Paul blackthorne, who went on to star in the Dresden files one of my favorite ended-too-soon TV series, and Frances farmer. Allison begins watching and then dreaming about episodes of an old '60s TV show - I Married a Mind Reader. She dreams herself into the show. An old crime is resurrected. This is a poignant episode, not at all frightening but very moving. And there is lots of fun to be had seeing the Reconstruction of another old 60s TV show, and then seeing it updated in someone's mind.
I came across this on the Palm On Demand channel and started watching what was described as a horror movie. A bunch of 20-something actors are trapped in an old church that's been turned into a theater, from which emanates loud booms, strange flickerings of light, and angry voices. I immediatey think this is setting me up for a low-budget Evil Dead type special effects extravaganza of murder and dismemberment.
The movie veers off in a totally different direction, far more interesting. The actors fall into unconsciousness, and upon awakening (or have they?) are possessed by ghosts in 19th-century dress who play out, on the stage of the converted church, a drama of forbidden passion, injured pride, violence and racial hatred.
Yes, the acting is primitive. Yes, the primary special effect -- a jittery, yellowish-lit "flashback" camera technique -- is annoying. But the play within a play acted out by ghosts is intriguing, and the plot-line has echoes of Candyman but with a more complex moral and philosophical struggle with themes of love, passion, vengeance and forgiveness.
All in all, I liked this little student film. Originality and a sense of purpose outweighed the primitiveness of the film-making.
The movie veers off in a totally different direction, far more interesting. The actors fall into unconsciousness, and upon awakening (or have they?) are possessed by ghosts in 19th-century dress who play out, on the stage of the converted church, a drama of forbidden passion, injured pride, violence and racial hatred.
Yes, the acting is primitive. Yes, the primary special effect -- a jittery, yellowish-lit "flashback" camera technique -- is annoying. But the play within a play acted out by ghosts is intriguing, and the plot-line has echoes of Candyman but with a more complex moral and philosophical struggle with themes of love, passion, vengeance and forgiveness.
All in all, I liked this little student film. Originality and a sense of purpose outweighed the primitiveness of the film-making.
Came home from work today to find my husband about two minutes into Rob Shane's fourteen minute live action short, "The Fine Line Between Cute and Creepy." What a hoot! I agree with the comment that favorably compared this film to "Melinda and Melinda", which I saw about a month ago. "Melinda" dragged. "Fine Line" zipped along. The pleasures and perils of love in the 21st millennium, explored succinctly and with skill.
Every time I see a really good short, I remember what cinema is all about. Thank you, Robert Shane.
Rae Stabosz
Every time I see a really good short, I remember what cinema is all about. Thank you, Robert Shane.
Rae Stabosz
