Persephone, A Soft Corpse Comfort
Persephone, A Soft Corpse Comfort (2010) is a 10 minute performance film shot on black and white Super 8, hand-processed and edited by hand for two projectors.
CAST & CREW
Written, directed & edited by Jayne Amara Ross
With Nick Alldridge & Véronique Thireau
Original Soundtrack by FareWell Poetry
Cinematography: Michaël Capron
Assistant director: Frédéric D. Oberland
SYNOPSIS
An allegory translating the sublunary song of the life that stirs beneath the frozen earth, the hands of the Maker(s) mapping out the trajectory and detail of its evolution.
‘The visual construct of this film as a diptych allows for a fully poetic interpretation of the myth of Persephone (..) and rarely has the use of the split-screen technique touched upon the rituel of transformation with such intensity. Persephone is captive : and nevertheless the rituel of fertility and the magical powers of reversal are entirely her’s. Night, thanks to her, is nothing more than the promess of a new dawn. And as the day comes into itself, darkness continues to haunt the light.’
Gabriela Trujillo (Culturopoing, June 2011)
CAST & CREW
Written, directed & edited by Jayne Amara Ross
With Nick Alldridge & Véronique Thireau
Original Soundtrack by FareWell Poetry
Cinematography: Michaël Capron
Assistant director: Frédéric D. Oberland
SYNOPSIS
An allegory translating the sublunary song of the life that stirs beneath the frozen earth, the hands of the Maker(s) mapping out the trajectory and detail of its evolution.
‘The visual construct of this film as a diptych allows for a fully poetic interpretation of the myth of Persephone (..) and rarely has the use of the split-screen technique touched upon the rituel of transformation with such intensity. Persephone is captive : and nevertheless the rituel of fertility and the magical powers of reversal are entirely her’s. Night, thanks to her, is nothing more than the promess of a new dawn. And as the day comes into itself, darkness continues to haunt the light.’
Gabriela Trujillo (Culturopoing, June 2011)
