Deep Vain (2005)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Philippe H. Bergeron

Writer:

Philippe H. Bergeron (written by)

Genre:

Short

Tagline:

Haven't you read the memo?

Plot:

The bloody story of what might happen when a man goes to bed, wakes up, discovers that his girlfriend...

Plot Keywords:

Newspaper Terror | Airplane | Break Up

Cast

Leo Conville	...	Noah
Laura Cornelius	...	Chloe
Rebecca Curry	...	Maureen
Jennifer Evans	...	Tara
Ben Jerritt	...	Busiest office extra
Helen Kinsella	...	Ginger office extra
Mace Richards	...	Barry
Philipp Wendeling	...	Oddly familiar office extra

Directed by
Philippe H. Bergeron

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Philippe H. Bergeron		written by

Produced by
Philippe H. Bergeron	....	producer

Original Music by
Michael J. Watson

Cinematography by
Mattias Nyberg

Film Editing by
Philippe H. Bergeron
John Corcoran

Set Decoration by
Sarah Watson

Makeup Department
Marina Temelkoska	....	special makeup effects artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ben Jerritt	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Stuart Burroughs	....	sound recordist
Gabriel Currington	....	additional dialogue recordist

Visual Effects by
Elliott Ashton	....	3D animator
Chris Winters	....	digital effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Philippe H. Bergeron	....	cinematographer: additional footage

Production Companies

• PHB Pictures

Also Known As:

Terrified Times Today (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

UK:19 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Biggin Hill, Kent, England, UK

Company:

PHB Pictures

A tour de force

This is straight-up auteur-ism by a young celluloid maestro. But it's not entirely self-involved. There's plenty of emphathy for the actor's craft. Bergeron might joke when he re-counts Hitchcock's "actors are cattle" line, but he seems to be able to get Jennifer Evans (from "Evil Aliens" fame) and Mace Richards (best remembered from "Plato's Breaking Point" and "Rehad") to communicate things on-screen that few would be able to.

The premise has a New Canadian cinema eeriness and many will be reminded of Atom Egoyan and even David Cronenberg. Bergeron has long had a fascination with airplanes and all of the existential questions that sudden, fiery, uncontrollable early death might inspire. So what? A lot of filmmakers have. Well, not like this. Air travel is an indispensible part of our modernity--and Bergeron plays with this thought masterfully. Imagine if Houdini were a sociologist that was given a camera and trained in cinema verite...