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Mowing the Lawn

Country: UK, Language: English, 8 mins

Watch these Shorts | Short Film | Incredible Shorts | 2005
  • Director: Michael Bentham
  • Writer: Chris Bryans
  • Producer: Mike Chamberlain

CGiii Comment

It's subtle...it may even feel that you can read a little too much into it!

But...call it what you will, subtext...it's definitely there.

A beautifully composed reimagining of the biggest step a man can make!

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Mowing the Lawn from Michael Bentham on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

A 20th-century pioneer is frozen with fear as he faces taking the first steps into the complete unknown. Mowing the Lawn imagines how the transforming power of music can bridge doubts and dreams when history is being made.

Cast & Characters

Aaron Swartz as Ed; Rick Warden as Neil