About Me
FOLLOWING A PATH FROM FRANZ KAFKAS METAPHORIC WORLD COMES ZOETROPE, WHERE
WALLS BREATHE AND DREAMS BECOME NIGHTMARES.
  Based on Franz Kafkas In the
Penal Colony, a man is imprisoned for an unnamed crime and tortured by a
nameless sadistic bureaucrat. As the chilling nightmare unfolds, the
prisoner peels away the layers of his own metaphysical existence, inching
ever closer to his inescapable fate.
  Hatched from the fertile imagination of
Director Charlie Deaux (System of a Down, Mortiis), ZOETROPEs richly
complex visuals and dark atmosphere cast a spell of fear and terror far
beyond its tightly edited eighteen minute length. Deauxs obsessive
attention to detail is reflected in every shot of this relentlessly paced
rollercoaster ride...
  The music and sound design for ZOETROPE, composed by
Lustmord, compliment the harrowing visuals perfectly. Lustmord, AKA Brian
Williams, is well known for his film work (Underworld, Spawn, The
Negotiator, Ghost in the Machine, The Crow, more) as well as his own
releases, including his recently released collaboration with the Melvins
Pigs of the Roman Empire, and Heresy, the recently remastered and
reissued album that single handedly launched the dark ambient genre when
it was first released.
  Shot by renowned music video cinematographer James
Hawkinson and Charlie Deaux, a creative collaboration was forged. (Aphex Twin, Tool, Missy Elliot, Lincoln Park, Gwen Stefani,System Of A Down,
Velvet Revolver). The 35mm black & white film looks like footage unearthed
from another time and place. Robert Beebe, rising animator and Student
Academy Award winner (for his animated short film, In the Aquarium),
created Oxberry animation for the film. Deaux and Lustmord's collaboration
presents a world that stirs the murky depths of the subconscious and infects
ones dreams.
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