Everything Goes (2004)

Director:

Andrew Kotatko

Writers:

Raymond Carver (short story)
Andrew Kotatko (screenplay)

Genre:

Short | Drama

Plot:

A young couple offer to buy the furniture of a middle-aged man whose wife just left him - but they end up with more than they bargained for. Hugo Weaving, Abbie Cornish and Sullivan Stapleton star in an adaptation of a Raymond Carver story.

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Hugo Weaving	...	Ray
Abbie Cornish	...	Brianie
Sullivan Stapleton	...	Jack
Nikki Bennett	...	Ray's Wife
Jaime Mears	...	Brianie's Friend
Bojana Novakovic	...	Brianie's Friend
Dylan Griffith	...	Naughty Boy
John Tomatalau	...	Lonely Man
Gloria Mitchell	...	Neighbourhood Lady
Bernice Wood	...	Neighbourhood Lady

Runtime:

18 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Soft Paw Films

Quotes:

Brianie: [nuzzling into Ray's neck] Jack thinks you're a desperado... But I like you, Ray.

Soundtrack:

Alltaf Eins (Always The Same)

A poem about the fantasies and realities of love...

So many people seem to be searching for something they feel they don't have in their love relationship - maybe something that doesn't even exist. "Everything Goes" is a poem about the fantasies and realities of love.

The delicate game of seduction and betrayal between Hugo Weaving, Abbie Cornish and Sullivan Stapleton was handled brilliantly. They all felt like fully developed characters, a real achievement when you consider this is a short film.

This film was screened with Robert Lepage's feature "The Far Side of the Moon", and while I also enjoyed that film, "Everything Goes" left me with more to think on.

This was by far the best short I saw at the Sydney Film Festival this year.