Soft For Digging

Debuting director J.T. Petty takes us deep into the Blair Witch-woods of New England, where the autumn leaves have fallen and left a disturbing silence in the trees. There lives Virgil alone in his log cabin. One morning his only companion, Max the cat, runs away. Virgil wanders off to look for him, but as his search takes him further into the woods, he stumbles upon the horrific murder of a young girl. He rushes back to his house and calls for help, but when the police later investigates the area, no body is to be found. This is a performance in lo-fi filmmaking if there is such a thing. With barely any dialogue, a complete amateur cast and an emphasis on natural effects instead of special ones, Soft for Digging is a horror story that mixes early Cronen berg with Edgar Allan Poe. The paranoia of human isolation is the key trigger when Virgil becomes haunted by visions of the murder and realises he has to solve the mystery himself. Petty creates suspense with everyday sounds of running water and eggs boiling, emphasizing the possibilities of cinematic sound. The routine reality is entangled in Virgil's suspicious imagination and riddles the viewers' anticipations. JOHAN LlNDQVIST

Premiärstatus
Nordisk premiär: Medverkande
Edmond Mercier, Sarah Ingerson, Andrew Hewitt: Producent
JT Petty & Jeffrey Odell: Manus
JT Petty: Foto
Patrick McGraw: Musik
James Wolcott & Sophocles Papasvasilopoulos: Talat språk
English