Final Stage
- Director: Nicolaas Schmidt
- Writer: Nicolaas Schmidt
- Producer: Ray Juster; Nicolaas Schmidt
CGiii Comment
The present, the whole present and nothing but the present. A young man on a footbridge, a bus departs, his friend is gone. This is followed by a majestic parade through a shopping centre. This central shot in the film is a fragile balancing act between documentary observation and subtle direction. Deliberately asynchronous sound serves to heighten the sense that events are nothing more than a construction of an apparently familiar reality. The boy’s melancholic bearing, and the way the film unfolds, are embedded in an extremely expressive, albeit narratively minimalistic, dramaturgy of colour. Vibrant colours introduce each individual sequence: blue, green, yellow, orange, red.
Trailer...
SUNSET COMING [kind of teaser for Final Stage] from Nicolaas Schmidt on Vimeo.
Cast & Characters
Aaron Hilmer as Ray;
Fynn Grossmann as Pär