If you thought the world of short movies was full of plagiarizers (*cough* Shia Labeouf *cough*), navel gazing students and big names slumming it for the advertising dollars, then think again. Plenty of top directors started out on the short-film scene, which allows more room for experimentation than more expensive and complicated long formats. Pardis Parker's “The Dance” is one such effort, and it brings with a host of good notices, festival appearances and awards including Best Comedy from the National Screen Institute of Canada. Parker is a comedian as well as a writer-director-actor and he brings a light comedic touch to his take on the office love story. “The Dance,” continuing an ongoing revival precipitated by 2011’s “The Artist” and Disney's 2012 Oscar-winner (and quite exquisite) “The Paperman," is played out in full silent movie style, exaggerated facial expressions and all. It’s sweet and nicely made and the...
- 1/7/2014
- by Kieran McMahon
- The Playlist
The National Screen Institute of Canada has selected Pardis Parker's short "The Dance" for their Best Comedy award. The dialogue-free love story has won several awards, and signals the continuing trend of silent films following "The Artist"'s Oscar win in 2012 and "The Paperman"'s Oscar win for best Animated short in 2013. "Blancanieves," Spain's entry for the 2013 Best Foreign Language film, was a silent black-and-white rendition of Snow White. In 2008 it was Pixar's "Wall-e" that found mainstream adoration with twenty minutes with almost no dialogue at all. Joy Loewen, a member of the Nsi, states: "No dialogue and cross-cultural romance gave 'The Dance' universal appeal." Positive reaction to his film, says Parker, "shows that you don't need words to tell a story, or to connect to people's hearts, or even to make them laugh." Parker also stars in the film, alongside Evany Rosen. Watch "The Dance" below:...
- 3/4/2013
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
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