Camera (III) (2000)

While a veteran actor laments the state of film and film acting, a group of young children sneak a Panavision camera into the apartment where the actor resides and decide to make a film with it.

Director:

David Cronenberg

Writer:

David Cronenberg

Stars:

Leslie Carlson, Marc Donato, Harrison Kane

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Leslie Carlson	...	The Actor
Marc Donato	...	Child
Harrison Kane	...	Child
Stephanie Sams	...	Child
Kyle Kass	...	Child (as Kyle Kassardjian)
Katie Lai	...	Child
Natasha La Force	...	Child (as Natasha LaForce)
Daniel Magder	...	Child
Chloe Randle-Reis	...	Child (as Chloe Reis)
Camille Shniffer	...	Child

Storyline

While a veteran actor laments the state of film and film acting, a group of young children sneak a Panavision camera into the apartment where the actor resides and decide to make a film with it.

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Plot Keywords:

confession | behind the scenes | video

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Genres:

Short

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Kamera

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

David Cronenberg was inspired to make this short film by a dream he had when he was a child in which he was watching a movie in a theater and growing old quickly while watching it.

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Quotes

The Actor: When you record the moment, you record the death of the moment. Children and death are a bad combination.

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Connections

Edited into Short6 (2001)

User Reviews

The Camera Captures the Death of the Moment

Camera is a surreal, at times impenetrable film following the attempt of a group of young children to make a short film with an elderly actor using an antique camera. In the process, they examine many of Cronenberg's typical themes, all without the use of body horror.

Or is it? In the end, the film deals with the ultimate transformation of the body, death. The actor's monologue deals with his aging and mortality, and the way that the camera catches past moments. In some respects, this is the ultimate body horror, a very real threat to all people.

Simultaneously, this short deals with some of Cronenberg's past themes regarding technology and in particular the visual image. To a certain extent, the film is a meditation on how cinema captures chunks of the past. This visual focus makes it a good complement to Videodrome. (Indeed, it is included on the Criterion Collection DVD of said film.)

As some reviewers have stated, this film does not really have a narrative and can be difficult to decipher. However, I think most people who are actually willing to seek this film out will be able to appreciate it.