The Sandman

A short film done in the style of a german expressionist silent film. It is meant to illustrate Freud's theory of "the uncanny" which is based on ETA Hoffmann's short story "the Sandman". It is a work in progress. Starring Thomy Kessler as the Sandman

The music is both from public domain recordings of classical music on wax cylinders and some of my own music.

Originally it was created as a portion of a documentary feature on sex dolls and the men who love them. It was created to set up a section on the idea of THE UNCANNY.

The final version of this is currently making festival rounds right now, including the Short Film Corner in Cannes, and the Nashville international Film Festival

basically it is the story of when a man loves an android

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• german
• expressionism
• uncanny
• stop
• motion
• strange
• horror
• ragsdale
• automata
• victorian
• doll
• robot
• silent
• sandman
• animation
• art
• Thomy
• Kessler

[blackhearts8]

can someone please tell me what this song is called

[richragsdale]

the first piece is funeral march for a marionette by gounod

the second is sabbat mater - inflammatus et accensus by rossini

the last is my own music - a piece called nathaniel's theme (plays from the third part through the epilogue)

thanks for watching

[DearGarou]

German Expressionism, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Freud's Uncanny, a gynoid and great music... all themes that force me to be hopelessly in love with this short. Just brilliant.

And thank goodness it means to be related to sex dolls issues... I paid so much attention to Dr Coppelius perverted tongue. Sexual innuendo means Im not completely mad yet.

Yes, mine is the ultimate weird comment.

[richragsdale]

the weirder the better - thats the way I like em

thanks for watching!

[thatgodlessguy]

dude this is creepy on 7 different levels

[richragsdale]

just 7?

[smuggecko]

very interesting video thanks

[spiderfinger]

Great stuff!!!! Thanx for sharing some good work:)

[lindsayjskinner]

This is breathtaking. Wow,.

[Jasmine118247]

Gave me nightmares as a child.

Awesome though.

[ddvfuture]

Great work! The best your work in my opinion.

[MrBigBossMan24]

What an epic!

[xXStrawberryxMisaXx]

4:46 Sandman: *fapfapfapfapfap*

xD I love this story lol but so wrong ...

[DiabloPlayer4life]

great job. I enjoyed it. The music and the visuals are amazing. The only thing that seemed slightly comical was the spiral at 3:54

[Madureirarsrsrsrsrsr]

Amazing!!!!!!



[DavidRedigerFilms]

that was great