The Adventure (2008)

Director:

Mike Brune

Writer:

Mike Brune (writer)

Genre:

Short

Plot:

A retired couple's quiet picnic in the park is violated by a silent intruder whose story exposes the troubling mysteries of existence. |

Plot Keywords:

Mime

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

  (Credited cast)

John Curran	...	Man
Deborah Childs	...	Woman
Tim Stoltenberg	...	Mime
Dave Quay	...	Sniper Mime

Runtime:

USA:22 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (35 mm version) | Color (HD)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Fake Wood Wallpaper

Trivia:

The first day of shooting on this film was July 30, 2007, the day both Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni passed away. A moment of silence was held for them at the end of shooting that day.

Mime Thriller

A short that brings horror comedy to an all-new, tongue-in-cheek level, "The Adventure" tells the story of a retired couple who experience a strange encounter on a quiet, forested road.

Director Mike Brune is not afraid to have his camera linger for long periods on the scene. It's a refreshingly classic technique not practised very often these days -- there's something reminiscent of The Shining with its use in this film. With the rest of the cinema audience, I teetered between amusement at the absurdity of the situation and a kind of foreboding feeling: there's some strange sense of malevolence in this film, a sensation of danger and violence being mere moments away.

The perfectly-delivered comic dialogue is the icing on the cake. If Donald Barthelme had been a filmmaker, he would have made something like this. It's definitely worth a look; at the time of writing, it's playing at the 2009 Sydney Film Festival.