The Farewell - Benjamin Eck & Andrew Brinkhaus

Woa, I'm impressed. Your movie is one of the best in this fest. I'd nominate the girl for the best actress award :thumbsup:
 
Hey Andrew,

Just caught the flick. Really really enjoyed it. Lighting, camera, acting are all amazing. Editing was superb and I liked the transition from really time to video camera stuff. I love this story.

I think more of my concerns mirror Geoff and Mark's here. Except I'm a sucker for R & J and love this kind of thing (sorry, none of my friends have committed suicide so it's hard for me to be against this. I still think this is one of the more romantic things you can do (which sounds terrible. But it depends in what light it's done in)).

For my money, I also found this very confusing at times. I concur with Mark in that there's no reason for her not to see the body, or the other camera. And believe me, I'm like the king of suspending my disbelief so long as you can feel the director is doing justice to his idea. But with a film this raw and grounded in reality, it's those little things that, for me, tear a piece like this apart. I liked the way you pulled it off, for the most part, but I think this hiccup really proves to be more of a drawback then it might initally seem.

I really like the duality of what their doing and I love the idea that one person is in there, making the tape because he's hurt and the other is doing so because she knows she hurt him. I like that. Romantic fatalism is so underrated these days.

I dig your piece alot and found it great. I just wish the confusion was a little clearer because it really hurts this piece, I think. More so then one would probably intially think it would.

Can't wait to see more from you. Wonderful work on this one.
 
Thanks a lot, I see where your coming from. The director and I tried to conceal those items in the darkness, but the set we were working with was much smaller than we expected, so we didn't have as much room to space out the body from the girl, or the couch.
 
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Excellent work and very powerful. Both are very good actors. Cinematography and make-up where both outstanding here as well. One of my favorites overall.

Just curious though, but did you have the off-camera actor bounce lines back and forth so make their performances easier?
 
Yes, Ben did have the off screen actor there to feed off.

This was the quietest set I have ever worked on, all the crew members were very professional in helping the actors stay in character and in mood, as they basically had to be crying the whole day.

Even in between setups, people were whispering for gear and requests, and my gaffer and I would walk off the set to discuss the lighting for the next shot, and I would come back on before shooting and silently take readings and make adjustments.

...Shooting was almost too smooth, though I guess that is something to be proud of after all!
 
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