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Ever look at that guy waiting for the bus, muttering to himself, and wonder,
“What’s going on in there?”? This innovative
multi-split-screen short takes us inside the fractured/fevered
brain of Jeff.
The visual world of the film reflects and refracts the un-peeling
layers of the character’s mind – he speaks to
himself from all over the screen, one thought literally freezing
as another comes forth.
As memories and newspaper headlines flood his mind, he becomes
every and anyone: an American actor ailing in Moscow; the
peasant woman forcing a home-cure on him; the guilt-ridden
brother of an accused killer; a marooned Russian cosmonaut;
an obtuse theatre director; an Albertan hippie… will
the real Jeff please stand up – please! As he searches
for the meaning of “the matchbox”, we wonder…
Is he sick, crazy or dangerous? This is an acting tour-de-force,
and a lot of fun to watch.
One of a body of Norm’s work inspired by the live theatre
scene in Edmonton, Alberta, the short is based on the Edmonton
Fringe Theatre Festival play, “Love Letters From the
Unabomber”, by Jeff Page and Wes Borg. The adaptation
was co-written by Norm Fassbender and Jeff Page. Plastic Thought
digitalized the madness, and Dave Clarke created the soundscape.
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