I managed to see this film when it opened Jafar Panahi's "The Circle" at the Lucas Theater in Savannah. "Luke" impressed me because, unlike most shorts, it had the professionalism of a Hollywood feature, while at the same time establishing a distinct pace and style. The camera blocking isn't swooping like most rigid tracking, but instead "breezy", much like some shots in "Rabbit Proof Fence."
The subject matter is tackled ambitiously, and Director Michael Chaney doesn't offer answers or even questions, he leaves the audience to ask their own. Although the purpose of each sequence is quite definable, I feel like whole offers something more that I can't quite pin down, and therin lies the success of this film. Chaney obviously knows the intelligence of an audience, and succeedes in tickling the threshold of our capacity to understand.
The subject matter is tackled ambitiously, and Director Michael Chaney doesn't offer answers or even questions, he leaves the audience to ask their own. Although the purpose of each sequence is quite definable, I feel like whole offers something more that I can't quite pin down, and therin lies the success of this film. Chaney obviously knows the intelligence of an audience, and succeedes in tickling the threshold of our capacity to understand.