This tightly scripted work employs Chandleresque dialogue, noirish mise en scene and high key lighting to create a wisecracking, character driven crime story. Inanimate clay figures and controlled comic timing create characters in an absurdist style which draw viewers’ attention to the features of the genre.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1007158
Language
English
Audience classification
ACMI classified
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
DVCAM; Master
DVCAM; Sub-master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode