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Frederick (Ryan Capizzi) was born into money and never has worked a
single day in his life - so far -, and in fact has looked down on those
less fortunate than him ... until the stock market crashed, draining him
of all his hard-inherited money. And not being able to find any work in a
weakened economy, he's reduced to living from scraps - until he meets a
priest (Tom Meyers) who tells him instead of asking the Lord for fresh
fortunes, he's to descend the thousand steps - not letting on
though that these thousand steps might just lead to his true, cruel fate
... Sure, the story of The Thousand Steps might be a bit
on the simplistic and maybe even overly moralistic side - but then
again, this film is very clearly to be understood as an hommage to early,
silent cinema, when the medium was still so new that the stories had to be
very on-the-nose to be understood. And as an hommage, The Thousand
Steps works beautifully, it really understands the earlier silent era
both in terms of style and story, buts a great emphasis on atmosphere, and
rolls out its story at a deliberately relaxed pace, to make this one an
out-of-time experience - but a very worthwhile one.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
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