Still Life

2005 "Surreal nightmare"
Still Life
7.6| 0h9m| en| More Info
Released: 10 September 2005 Released
Producted By: Brookstreet Pictures
Country: Canada
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A pill-popping, over-caffeinated driver accidentally hits something. Panic-stricken, he searches for help in a strange and desolate town that offers very little in the form of human kindness.

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Kirpianuscus ...about the perception of the other. about the stranger in a foreign small town. about the responsability. about the relation with the other. significant - the feeling after its end. not just surprising. but different by what you could expect. and, after the last scene, all becomes coherent. the baredom, the pills, the accident. and that does it remarkable. as show. as warning. so,, maybe, a parable.
manjodude Wow. It blew my mind in just 8 minutes! Crisp, effective direction, elegant camera-work, apt music & also admirable support to this artwork by actor Trevor Matthews.I don't think anyone really knew where this movie was going till the shocking climax. And that's when it just clicks on what happened.Of course, no one could that be that devoid of reality but this is a movie and it should captivate us, sense or no sense. And it did.Also, a good message by the makers of the movie that really hits home. Wish the movie had continued longer with more interplay between Trevor and the mannequins. It would have been awesome.
wnouse Being told this was a horror film, I was a bit skeptical as to how this film would play out in the opening scene. When our main character hit what appeared to be a mannequin and tried to get help with the results only making the man seem even crazier, the man's pill popping in the car finally made sense. By the end of it all, it ended up being a brutal depiction of what some sort of fictional drugs can do to people. I like some aspects of the screenplay such as the fact that it kept you guessing what would happen to the main character next in the creepy town of moving mannequins. This really kept my interest which most dialogue-less movies don't do. Overall, this was a good short film, but it wasn't exactly the greatest thing I've ever seen so I give it an 8 out of 10.
mikepal99 This great short film has left me wanting more. I would love to see Rod Serling introduce this film and in turn learn a bit more about the main character and how he feels about his experiences in that small town. This movie is built around an interesting concept which is delivered very effectively as a psychological thriller. The idea of a sparsely populated small town works very well as the setting here and the winter season only adds to the setting and tone of the movie. I am left to wonder where the lead character comes from and the series of events that lead him to this small town. As stated earlier I would love to see this as a longer feature to get some of these questions answered. I will definitely be keeping an eye out for future BrookStreet productions.