In the 1960s in rural
Russia, a boy sneaks into a barn where a group of
workers is watching a film with no redeeming social
value. A trailer for the Grand
Illusion Cinema commissioned by the Northwest Film
Forum and funded by the King County Arts Commission. Regularly plays before features at the
Grand Illusion. Acquired by Quentin Tarantino for
his personal collection. 2002 One Reel Film
Festival.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
The impact of "The Barn" totally depends on the mood
and atmosphere it creates in 90 seconds--the feeling
of being in a strange land; the sound of an
incomprehensible language and a machine that throws
images on the screen; a child's glimpse of an
exotic, forbidden world; the mysterious sensuous
things that happen in a darkened theatre; the final
welcome to "the grand illusion" that is
cinema.
CREDITS
Cast
Boy: Sam Lachow
Lovers: Jessica and Darragh Kennan
Audience: Warner Blake, Fred Leibold, O.T. Millsap
Russian Voices: Dina Kisseleva, Serge Gregory
Production
Director of Photography: Joseph Hudson
Production Manager: Ann Marino
Camera Assistant: Keith Brondson
Grips: Ray Woodhouse, Bruce Hutson
Production Assistants: Benjamin Fels, John DeShazo
Makeup: Petra Kjorsvik
Production Stills: Ben Gregory
Post
Production
Editor: Laura Krc
Audio Mix: Glenn Sound
Title: Dean Martinson
Special thanks to Mark Dinges, Marilyn Love, Doug
Stewart, Optimistic Camera, Alpha Cine Lab, Sheryl
Shumsky, Steve Les and the staff at Andy Pratt
Negative Cutting
Produced in association with Wiggly World Studios
and the Northwest Film Forum |
