Shortly after taking a job processing obituaries, a young man (Craig Gloster) becomes inadvertently involved in the death of an old woman that he stops to help. Only when he reads about the accident in his own newspaper days later, does he come to realize that he was a critical detail in the turn of events that led to her demise. After encountering another person who presumably goes missing, he is convinced that he has been wound into a plot for which he has been cast as an agent of Fate.
Written/produced/directed by Otto Buj
Canada 2004; 77 minutes; black-and-white; 1.37:1 (original theatrical aspect ratio); Mono
"A film unlike any other at this year’s festival. Otto Buj has crafted a film that draws on several influences, and yet one that is completely unique. He makes a confident debut, and in a film that is sure to inspire repeated late-night viewings, brings the festival one of its more challenging and satisfyingly complex films."
2005 Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival (Victoria, British Columbia)
"What makes this movie great is its uncanny sense of horror, the overwhelming dread of uncertainty that cannot be shaken off, even as the credits flash."
The Metro Times (Detroit)
"Buj knows how to make a low-budget feature look snappy. The editing is so flashy and clever, the photography so canny, and Craig Gloster’s deadpan mug so fantastically camera-friendly that its cheapness just makes the film look cool, like some obscure noirish Italian thriller you might channel-surf to at 3 AM."
Now Magazine (Toronto)
"Independent film and experimental cinema are romantic terms that get thrown around with distressing impunity, but Otto Buj’s 16mm mindfuck is an admirable example of both. It’s also doubtlessly the weirdest movie to ever come out of Windsor, Ontario, a city not known for its thriving avant-garde hipster subculture. But then neither is Missoula, Montana and it produced David Lynch."
Eye Weekly (Toronto)
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