Country: UK
Year: 2007
Duration: 60'
In an isolated country house, an elderly woman and a girl are forced
to confront the “other,” a deformed and fearsome man. Increasingly
locked within their personal isolation and terrorized by the menace that
seems to be looming over them, the two women must decide whether
they should take part in the annihilation of the man or if they should
carry out a final gesture of pity and compassion.
“In The Sun and the Moon, a man, abject and monstrous, a young
woman and another more ambivalent figure: a woman, the bridge
between the former extremes, are caught in their own isolation,
fearful of each other. Juxtaposing the interior with natural form,
the sublime and the abject, I wanted to forge spartan and yet richly
dramatic imagery into a narrative of a well known fairytale. The film,
as a personal interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, enciphers
concerns, beliefs and desires in seductive images that are themselves
a form of camouflage, making it possible to utter harsh truth.”
Biography
film director
Stephen Dwoskin
Stephen Dwoskin (New York, USA, 1939), after working as a freelance designer, photographer and producer in 1961 he made two short films, Asleep and American Dream. In 1964 he moved to London where he taught at the Royal College of Art from 1973 to 1983 and at the London College of Printing from 1983 to 1987. He pubblished a personal account of the American and British avant-garde film worlds, Film Is, in 1975, and a book of his photomontages, Ha, Ha! La Solution Imaginaire, in 1993. To date he has completed 40 films, most of which have appeared in most major international film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam and Toronto.
FILMOGRAFIA
Asleep (cm, 1961), Me Myself and I (cm, 1967), Times for (1971), Dyn Amo (1972), Jesus Blood (cm, 1972), Tod Und Teufel (1973), Behindert (1974), Central Bazaar (1976), Kleiner Vogel (1976), Silent Cry (1977), Outside in (1981), Shadows from Light (mm, 1983), Ballet Black (1986), Further and Particular (1988), Face Anthea (mm, 1990), Face of Our Fear (mm, 1992), Trying to Kiss the Moon (1994), Pain Is ... (1997), Intoxicated by My Illness - Parts 1 & 2 «Intensive Care» (mm, 2001), Lost Dreams (cm, 2003), Visitors (2004), Oblivion (2005), The Sun and the Moon (2007), Mom (cm, 2008), Ascolta! (cm, 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, montaggio, produttore/director, story, screenplay, film editing, producer Stephen Dwoskin
fotografia/cinematography Véronique Goël, Maggie Jennings, Keja Ho Kramer, Tatia Shaburishvili
suono/sound Philippe Ciompi
interpreti/cast
Helga Wretman, Beatrice Cordua, Stephen Dwoskin
fotografia/cinematography Véronique Goël, Maggie Jennings, Keja Ho Kramer, Tatia Shaburishvili
suono/sound Philippe Ciompi
interpreti/cast
Helga Wretman, Beatrice Cordua, Stephen Dwoskin