The following short film first started making the rounds online last year when it played at the Toronto International Film Festival, but I only saw it tonight thanks to a tweet from Darren Aronofsky, which I guess is ironically fitting since it's titled Noah, but this one doesn't have much to do with two of each species, a giant ark or flood, but it does have to do with a teen named Noah and a lot to do with today's social media-addicted way of life. Directed by Patrick Cederberg and Walter Woodman, the film centers on Noah (Sam Kantor) and picks up with him logging onto his computer, watching a little online porn, chatting with friends and a Skype back-and-forth with his girlfriend Amy (Caitlin McConkey-Pirie), which is when things begin to take a turn for the worse. Yes, it's just over 17 minutes long, but trust me, it's worth it,...
- 6/21/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Noah Short Film. Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg‘s Noah (2013) short film stars Caitlin McConkey-Pirie, Nina Iordanova, and Sam Kantor. Noah‘s plot synopsis: “In a story that plays out entirely on a teenager’s computer screen, Noah follows its eponymous protagonist as his relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse in this fascinating study of behaviour [...]
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- 9/13/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Why Watch? An excellent example of art imitating online life, this short film from Patrick Cederberg and Walter Woodman hits a narrative sweet spot without ever leaving a teenager’s computer screen. Romance, jealousy, lust, joy, boredom and random Chatroulette dongs are all channeled through the two-dimensional space. Noah (Sam Kantor) blithely jumps between browser tabs, music and Skype while his girlfriend Amy (Caitlin McConkey-Pirie) intimates that she wants to break up before college does it for them. His paranoia leads him down a rabbit hole even as his multi-tasking A.D.D. keeps him humming around familiar internet haunts. Put together with crisp, frantic precision, what works best here is the disconnection. We mostly get to see Noah’s reactions through how fast his mouse flies, which creates a fantastic sense that the high drama playing out doesn’t really matter even as hovering over the “Send” button makes us cringe. It...
- 9/11/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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