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Oct
06
2008

Sean Ellis’ THE BRøKEN Trailer and Clips

Posted by Kurt Halfyard at 8:27am.

Posted in Trailer Alerts , Thriller, Horror, UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand.

There are a number of us around here who were big fans of Sean Ellis‘ directorial debut Cashback.  A solid balance of the romantic, mundane and humourous that made ample use of Ellis‘ photographer skills in creating a rich visual palette for, of all things, a supermarket.  It looks like those visual skills are going to be tossed into the horror film arena with the follow-up.  That would be The Brøken, for which you will find clips and the trailer below the break).  Now the girl in the bathtub is hardly a new or original image in the genre, it is notable that a Glazer/Kubrick vibe is (to me anyway) visible amongst the images.  With a cast like the fabulously underused Lena Heady (who easily has the best performance in 300 and has done solid work in under appreciated gems like Ripley’s Game, Merlin and Aberdeen.  Is anyone watching the Sarah Connor Chronicles? That’s her as Ms. Connor), as well as Richard Jenkins (fresh off Burn After Reading) and mighty Dane, Ulrich Thompson (and actor who always cuts a fine performance).  Am I looking forward to this one?  Hell yea.

On a busy street in London, Gina thinks she sees herself drive past in her own car. Stunned by this strange event, Gina follows the mystery woman up to her apartment. From here, events take an eerie turn for the worse until Gina’s awareness slides from solid reality into a world that will haunt more than just her nightmares.


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Reader Comments

  1. Digitalfantastique 10/06/2008 @ 8:40am

    iTunes has a good short film called Left Turn by Sean Ellis which is also a horror film. I think his work is pretty amazing as a filmmaker and a photographer.

  2. Kurt Halfyard 10/06/2008 @ 10:26am

    The ‘short film’ version of CASHBACK before it was blown up into a feature is in the Twitch Video Player (under the ‘short films’ tab).  The short in its entirety is actually inserted into the ‘blow up’ of the film, and offers a pretty solid look at Ellis’ particular visual style.

  3. Digitalfantastique 10/06/2008 @ 10:30am

    That short film is probably my favorite short film ever made. It really delivers such a funny, beautiful, and genuine examination of time and of an artist’s love of the female form. (I worked in a grocery store for years during high school and connected with the character to that extent a great deal.)

  4. Ichi-The-Killer 10/07/2008 @ 12:11am

    The trailer and clips don’t work for me, their just white boxes.

  5. methosb 10/07/2008 @ 3:14am

    Doesn’t work for me either :(

  6. Kurt Halfyard 10/07/2008 @ 11:34am

    They’re back, and in nice twitchy player skin.

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