Offbeat: Bellhop (#ShortDocs 2016 Submission)
"We were lied to." This short audio work was produced for the 2016 #ShortDocs competition held by the Third Coast International Audio Festival. This piece was inspired by the "film noir" mini-movie produced by Manual Cinema. In addition to original music by Garrett D. Tiedemann there are music tracks by Manual Cinema within the mix as required by the competition for this year. To learn more about this year's competition and view the film inspirations from Manual Cinema visit Third Coast: http://thirdcoastfestival.org/competitions/shortdocs/2016
Tape Extracts:
I awoke from a dream. Trees lined the city. Night turned on. And we were still.
Kids playing.
(whisper) Why are they so loud?
There is no anxiety. No trace of despair. No pain. No regret. Or any sadness as one falls from great mountain heights.
Instead the person who is falling often hears beautiful music while surrounded by superbly blue heaven that is filled with rosette clouds. And then suddenly, and painlessly, sensations are extinguished immediately from the body at the exact moment that the body makes contact with the ground.
I awoke from a dream.
On these tapes was a man. A wall of a man. Held up.
(newsreel) Clearly this is going to have psychological importance.
In the story she asked the most fundamental questions. I work myself to keep from receding into the distance. To find her, playing in the streets, oblivious to the goings on of a tired old man.
Fingers bleeding. Looking for a burial. Sunlight long in the distance.
(deep voice buried in newsreel and other audio) Alright, we have to take him away.
