Purgatory (part 1)

As seen at the NY Eye and Ear Fest II.

Part 1 of my 55-minute senior project video, a psychological horror/mystery/art film, I guess you could say.

Somewhere in the generic past, a young woman (Leia Caldoran) is left alone for months in an old house bordering the woods after her husband, a military pilot, goes off to war. She grows increasingly depressed, frustrated, and generally despondent/full of malaise when she stops hearing from him, though after some time and a change of seasons, she receives a mysterious note in her mailbox . . .

In black & white, with dream sequences in color. Shot with a Panasonic PV-GS300 & PV-GS180 and edited with Final Cut Pro, with no crew and very little assistance (e.g. occasionally asking one of my actors to push the record button when I was in the frame, etc.), and a cast composed entirely of friends of mine. Needless to say I had no budget beyond a few props I bought myself. Music by Les Joyaux de la Princesse feat. Regard Extreme.

Influences include: David Lynch, Roman Polanski, Franz Kafka, Jean Genet, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Ken Russell, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Luis Bunuel, HP Lovecraft, German Expressionism, film noir, my own dreams

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• kafkaesque
• macabre
• sinister
• ominous
• creepy
• film
• noir
• b&w
• art
• mystery
• silent
• dreams
• psychosexual
• psychological
• horror
• war
• widow
• mailroom
• dark
• ambient
• ljdlp
• suny
• purchase
• college
• syringe
• fire

[mardybooo]

educational movie,, i really like this one.... you can learn a lot of things....

[Somnium1058]

NO LEA ESTO, O TE ARREPENTIRAS

esto lo vi en el video de aventura-La boda y mas vale prevenir q lamentar...

hola soy karllys tengo 12 años mori en un edificio desde el piso 8 . si leiste este mensaje

copia este mensaje a tres videos mas ...

si no te perseguire y ire a tu casa para jugar con tigo despues de matare a tus seres mas queridos.

no lean esto.....v

esto es sierto porfa no comentan este error no lo digo por mi sino por ustedes chao :( :( :(

[FilmTraum9]

Ich finde es eine grossartige und hoch interessante Arbeit.

Gratuliere!

[jimmyhendrixisawsome]

msdpfojinhbaepisogbhuneapohgi

[prefer2balone]

very beautiful

[starmoca]

hey, could you tell me what you prefer? PV-GS300 or PV-GS180 and why? thanks im thinking to get one..

[matrixm777]

That is good stuff. Great job on the editing.

[HadeanAgent]

Watched all 7 parts. Very cool, worth watching :)

[JmsDrkx]

its very good, wow !!! real good 5/5 kubrickstic film

[dadasopher]

You've got a great eye, a real talent for film making.

You're several cuts above most film makers.

I admire you greatly.