San Francisco United Film Festival 2009

Two men meet in the middle of a bleak, infinitely flat desert. Clinging to the last shreds of their existence, neither character can remember how they got there, or the last time they saw anything—a person, a town, any sign of life. The film’s layers of metaphor and meaning unfold as the characters warily assess each other. They possess conflicting and complementary characteristics, revealing the film’s underlying paradox: they both rely upon and threaten each other’s survival. The tense, symbolic narrative is further complicated with the revelation that one character is carrying a piece of the other’s soul, though neither person knows it. This visually stunning short examines the intricacies and contradictions of the human condition, and features an original musical score performed by Kronos Quartet (Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain). Created by Co-Writer/ Director team Brent Bishop & Gregory F. Tuzin, this production was shot on location in 35mm and brought to life by an amazing cast: Robert Miano (Donnie Brasco) and Dion Derizzo (ER).