The Film
A video editor’s world is turned inside-out when he
comes into possession of production footage showing that
he is actually a character in an action thriller.
Character Driven, 20 min, HD, color, narrative, 2007
Written, directed, and edited by J. Victor Mahoney.
Produced by Renata Foucre.
Cinematography by Aaron Meister.
Music by Edward Spiegel.
Starring Alan Kaiser and Jennifer Erdmann.
Co-starring Kobi Eshun and Jinnifer Jacobs.
Screenings:
Signals International Short
Film Festival, Colchester, England, October,
2007.
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, July,
2008.
KTEH Viedo-i, San Jose Public Television, January,
2008.
Like certain drawings by
M. C. Escher, this film depicts, and involves its
characters in, the process of its own production. Like the
world we ourselves inhabit, it is riddled with paradoxes
and contradictions.
narrative short, Character Driven, film editing, thriller,
chase, parallel narrative, non-linear, parallel
narrative, Escher, paradox