Marvin is a sympathetic hero, trying to do his best in the face of adversity, although a couple of minutes could have been shaved off this film at no great loss to produced a tauter result.
There is a place for film like this, and certainly short film festivals play host to them with a frequency that is not quite a parody of the genre, but if they are to your taste then you will know already.
An abstract digital artwork constructed around mathematics and images drawn from code.
The seeming inevitability of conflict in this claustrophobic situation is effectively conveyed, as is the helplessness of all the characters, their inability to interrupt the cycle of cruelty.
A young man's wedding day brings to a head the feelings he and his brother have about their abusive mother.
An exploration of the relationship
between Islamic-convert Yvonne
Ridley and her mum. Showing at
EIFF 2007 in Bridging The Gap
and Scottish Documentary Shorts
Awards.
