Background (c) L'ORAGE Ltd.
LET THEM EAT GEESE
A Documentary Film in Development
A CHASE/CEVALLOS FILM
A L'ORAGE PRODUCTION
ANIMAL CRACKERS, (Pentimenti)
* See Footnote
A L'ORAGE Production
A CHASE/BLOMBERG/CEVALLOS FILM
REVIEWS and COMMENTS
An Art Piece
“When a movie is a product that deliberately arranges symbolic elements in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses and stimulate the intellect, then that movie must certainly be considered Art. This is what I thought of "Animal Crackers - Pentimenti", where even colours participate in the non-violent expression of what is an aspect of violence in humanity.
Being a short movie and dealing with a difficult subject, someone would assume that it would be difficult to express those concepts without strong images and / or strong words, but this is not the case and it looks effortless in its intent.
By reading the first part of the title you might not immediately grasp the concepts expressed, while it certainly refers to the cookies for babies; the second part though, it certainly let you understand that it is dealing with "feelings" - the word "Pentimenti" is Italian for "Reconsideration, second thought", however English language does not exactly express in one word "reconsideration with regrets", hence, I suppose, the choice of the Director of the Italian word instead of an English one. To recommend !” IMDb Comment
“Animal Crackers (Pentimenti) is a short film by the talented director Tyler A. Chase and is currently running the festival circuit. It is beautifully done and so compelling. Lead Krista Blomberg is a dynamo. Blomberg, as a potentially murderous parent with seemingly noble intentions, does a marvelous job keeping the viewer off-kilter yet engaged, as we hope to better understand her motivations. She is so committed that she inspires both sympathy and revulsion. Clever edits abound, and great use of symbolism throughout (e.g. bicycles as a metaphor for escape; bird perched on barbed wire, etc.). Chase is a talent worth following.”
– Reel Roy Reviews
Cleverly Created Short
“My genuine compliments to those involved in its execution. Krista Blomberg was exceptionally good in her scenes with Mr. James. I thought that the uncertainty the viewer has by the combo of not knowing precisely what happened ( and how) and the exact relationship of Sylvie to Amanda, made the production more compelling. We have to search the dialogue and body language for clues.
The use of the term ' pentimenti' in this regard is inspired. I have only associated it with the field of Art – Painting and never considered how apt and perfect it is to describe the layering of years of rationalisation, guilt, self-delusion and so forth that Sylvie has laid over her mind in successive waves for ten years in prison.” IMDb Comment
Animal Crackers
“So short...and so deep. You know, there are words in a book by French author Christian Bobin (the story name is "Everybody's busy"): "When everybody's busy, a murder happens". This thought is so philosophical, and it is exactly about it. As the director of the film has written here, "From the beginning there are clues that something is wrong because Sylvie keeps questioning little Amanda about her parents but because of the cheerfulness of the music we don't really pay attention to this. I think we do the same in life so that we are distracted by nonsense and ignore what is obviously right before our eyes". We can only imagine what exactly had happened and who's fault it was, but the simplicity of crossing the line to the tragedy strikes to the very heart. Want to thank all the team and L'ORAGE Productions for the film, and hope there will be a whole series of such important social shorts.” IMDb Comment
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