PENANCE - An Experimental Film starring Aaron Eckhart

This is my second experimental film from college (BYU). I had many film classes with Aaron Eckhart. In this, my second film class, I starred Aaron and my sister. I was trying to hook them up. Didn't work. I always enjoyed working with Aaron. Very creative, pleasant, funny, easy to work with. I starred him in several films. Keep your eye here for more examples:

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I also worked with Aaron in the shooting of a terrible vampire movie. My wife starred with him in several of Neil LaBute's plays (BASH, etc.) also at BYU. A great school really. Aaron was always the teacher's pet. My theory teacher could hardly keep her eyes off of him.

Aaron was a bit critical of my directing style, said it made him feel like he was in "the Lon Chaney school of over-acting." I got a good laugh out of that. I do like over-actors (Claus Kinsky is my Favorite actor). Love Japanese over-actors too (see Kwaidan).

ONE MORE STORY:

So we were in a hurry and I asked Aaron to change the 16mm film reel we were shooting for me. He got in a car/black bag/daylight protected reel and tried to change it out. Gave up after 15 minutes and said he couldn't do it. So I took over. I got confused and put the same reel back in that he was taking out.

SO... All the superimpositions you see in this film were accidents that I blamed on Aaron at first. Though I never criticized him. When I got the footage back, I was only disappointed for an hour. I actually came to LOVE the accident. Got into the School of the Art Institute probably due to Aaron's accident. Some of the accidents were actually quite freaky in their double meanings. Like the movie took on a life and mind of its own.

LAST NOTE: THE PLOT: A man is drawn back to some sort of scene of a crime. (Penance) Doesn't know why exactly (Repression). Finds himself locked in a cage. REMEMBERS stalking and capturing/locking a woman in the same cage he is NOW in... REVENGE/SELF-LOATHING... PENANCE. Finds her body in the cage with him. REMEMBERS locking himself in the cage (PENANCE).

A bit convoluted, but I still love this story. Like a mobius strip of the mind. I'm still quite impressed with the deep psychology I managed to drum up as a Jr. in college, I think.

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[NachtMahrUnicorn]

I like the photography of it all. The odd angles and the happy mistake you and Aaron did is just awesome.

16mm has always been one of my favorites.

The soundtrack kind of threw me into a direction that I wasnt expecting.

Thanks for sharing this and thanks for the stories!

exellent short : )

[4evaSheza]

wow thats reallly trippy! but good=)

[philmccuistion]

weird and intresting, It's cool that you know aaron eckhart are you still in touch with him?

[PharaohHazard]

Interesting.