Shorts Program 1: Pas De Deux
by Ealasaid Haas • February 24, 2008 • Cinequest 18, Shorts
Screenings: March 6, 6:45pm (Cam12); March 7, 4pm (Cam 12)
This collection of short films looks at the relationships between pairs of people — strangers, long-married folks, and even one man and himself. It includes a wide range of styles, from the Beckett and Pinter inspired “Folly of Two,” about a pair of criminals who meet up in a playground and wind up trapped in a sort of purgatory, to “Hirsute,” in which a man trying to invent time travel is visited by his future self, with unexpected results. There’s also the peculiar “Personal Spectator,” in which a young woman finds herself offered a peculiar service, and “Quincey & Althea,” in which an aged couple face up to the realities of life after Hurricaine Katrina.