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Mrs. Brumett's Garden (2009)
does it matter if the fairies are real?
good script concerning caring for one another, our reaction to loss and the acceptance of the supernatural. solid acting from top to bottom. wonderfully lit and shot by hanuman brown-eagle. perhaps the best all-around short from director patrick rea and senoreality films and free state studios. thoughtful story which isn't summed up until the final shot. leaves a viewer to ponder their own philosophy. music by harry manfredini (Halloween) is not only fitting, but moving at times. art direction is excellent. sound mix by ryan jones is a good cover for the plot of the story without forcing the viewer to make up their mind too early about the believability of the story. editing is perhaps the best work from josh robison to date.
The Empty Acre (2007)
3rd so far in support of the "...Acre"
Budget limitations, time restrictions, shooting a script and then cutting it, cutting it, cutting it... This crew is a group of good, young filmmakers; thoughtful in this script - yes, allegorical - clever in zero-dollar effects when time and knowledge is all you have, relying on actors and friends and kind others for their time, devotion, locations; and getting a first feature in the can, a 1-in-1000 thing. These guys make films. Good ones. Check out their shorts collection "Heartland Horrors" and see the development. And I can vouch, working with them is about the most fun thing you'll do in the business. I'm stymied by harsh, insulting criticism for this film, wondering if one reviewer even heard one word of dialogue, pondered one thought or concept, or if all that was desired of this work was the visual gore of bashing and slashing to satisfy some mindless view of what horror should mean to an audience. Let "The Empty Acre" bring itself to you. Don't preconceive what you expect it should be just because it gets put in the horror/thriller genre due to its supernatural premise. It's a drama with depth beyond how far you can stick a blade into someone with a reverence for a message that doesn't assault your brain's visual center, but rather, draws upon one's empathetic imagination to experience other's suffering of mind and spirit. mark ridgway, Curtis, "The Empty Acre"