Woodenhead -
2004
Pictures For Anna - 90 min.
DVD UPC # 689076300025; 877694003897; 887090012003
Cast: Nicholas Butler, Teresa Peters, Tony Bishop, Warwick Broadhead, Matthew Sunderland, Henry Lee, David Hornblow, Jaqueline Wilson. Voices by: Mardi Potter, Steve Abel, Margaret-Mary Hollins, Lutz Halbdubner. Screenplay: Florian Habicht; Director of Photography: Christopher Pryor; Composer: Marc Chesterman; Editing: Florian Habicht, Christopher Pryor; Costume Design: Georgie Hill; Production Design: Prue Cunningham; Producer: Florian Habicht; Director: Florian Habicht.
Where to start. This film would rate an A for originality. For example, the soundtrack was recorded first, and the visuals were shot to match (although it doesn't quite accomplish its goal at all times). It is clearly a fantasy - a fairy-tale of characters, with four of them having their spoken lines given by someone other than the actors on the screen. A small carnival, traveling the New Zealand landscape that presents images that force the words: crazed, surreal, Fellinist, unsettling, inventive, thrilling, ethereal, lustful. Although put together with an absurdly small budget, if you want an original film experience - see this film. Recommended.
Censor Rating: M - Review rating: B-
