Last month's posts about short-film director Patrick Rea garnered a lot of interest. That's why I'm doin' another Rea-themed post to satisfy you all :-)
Here are my thoughts on 4 more movies from Rea's extensive filmography:
PAINT SHAKER
(14minute short)
USA, 2008
Director: Patrick Rea
9/10
Typical high-quality Rea stuff: "Paint Shaker" is a terrific little comedy-thriller, highly original and completely unpredictable, thanks to a brilliantly written/paced script which also includes some stunning character development.
The actors all do a great job (especially Anthony Neal Nelson), camera, light and editing are simply excellent, "Do Not Disturb"-composer Julian Bickford delivers a powerful soundtrack and the 'cool' ending is just fun.
Superb!
TORTURE PORN
(10minute short)
USA, 2008
Director: Patrick Rea
7/10
(10minute short)
USA, 2008
Director: Patrick Rea
7/10
I love the fabulous soundtrack (again from Bickford) which is very reminiscent of Clouser's Saw-theme. The acting is great, the special effects all look neat, it's beautifully shot, beautifully edited and I think they did a stunning job on all the visual sound effects.
The ending is silly and the script seems to be a bit flawed - but apart from that I enjoyed it!
MRS. BRUMETT'S GARDEN
(20minute short)
USA, 2009
Director: Patrick Rea
10/10
(20minute short)
USA, 2009
Director: Patrick Rea
10/10
The best film from Rea I've seen so far (yep, IMO it's even better than "Next Caller"!!).
The awesome story about and elderly woman who sits all day in the garden, talking to the 'fairies' - much to the disgust of her husband!
"Mrs. Brumett's Garden" is an impressive suspense-drama, tense from beginning to end, full of fantastic atmosphere and with an eerie "Twilight Zone" vibe. Senior actors Shirley Wagner and T. Max Graham deliver very strong and extremely believable performances. The camera work is simple but highly effective and Harry Manfredini's score is just wonderful.
Highlight: the invisible (or imagined?) fairies. We never see them, we only get to hear their creepy voices while the camera shows colourful shots of the flower beds
Overall, an absolutely outstanding film, on a par with shorts like "Plague".
MISFORTUNE SMILES
(17minute short)
USA, 2009
Director: Patrick Rea
6/10
(17minute short)
USA, 2009
Director: Patrick Rea
6/10
An interesting but flawed story about fortune-telling and stuff.
The 2 main reasons why I didn't liked this as much as other Rea-works:
1) For the larger part it's way too tedious and slow-paced.
2) I absolutely couldn't stand Jeff East's performance
Apart from that, the other characters were all fun, the soundtrack is very fitting (again: Bickford - what a composer!), it's gorgeously filmed and the ending is just cool.
Watch it here!
Don't forget to check out my interview with Patrick Rea
and my reviews for his movies
Furthermore,
check out the amazing trailer for Rea's forthcoming full length feature
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