Camera

pretty

Photography = "death of the moment".

An elderly actor reflecting on ageing, memory and their connection to cinema. Not a bad way to spend six minutes.

That random man says some interesting things but it definetely is forgettable.

Nifty.

A curious short which goes for a poignant meditation on cinematography and death. It only comes together after the last moment, which also illustrates, perhaps, a nostalgia. I think there's something about the contrast between the two different camera's used which might contradict the death idea, in that a camera cannot 'capture' a moment.

Well done short on the cinematic uncanny, and on its relationship to the digital video uncanny.

Cronenberg is no good at cute

Terrific little short film from Cronenberg, produced for TIFF and included on the DVD for Videodrome (best of all, you can watch it in YouTube form in its entirety right off the Criticker page!). It's an interesting meditation on aging, death, and fading off the silverscreen into oblivion. Though the dialog speaks mostly about acting, most of it likely holds true for a filmmaker as well. Cronenberg wrings a lot of atmosphere out of the low budget and the film is pervasively creepy. Great finish.

A short by David Cronenberg with a good main performance and some interesting ideas on capturing life on film, but as a whole it feels too light and thinly spread compared to his other films.

Cronenberg confirms here that even with some bloated diction, he is still the only director/writer who makes effective film narration. Juxtaposing Film with DV is creepy here, and goes to show it should be creepy elsewhere.

old man talks about death. unusual short.

Good short on the permanence of film and the impermanence of merely human filmmakers and actors. Goes down easy but never feels trivial. I would have preferred Leslie Carlson's performance be more naturalistic and less embellished; here he seems insincere whether captured in the elegant tones of 35mm film or the bleary, washed-out starkness of consumer DV. This can be found on the Criterion Collection DVD of Videodrome, for those curious.

Very good.

There's not really much to this movie and what is there feels pretty amateurish. If I didn't know this was a Cronenberg movie I'd have assumed it was from a first year film student. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just that there isn't much here. Though I must say the actor is great and the dialog is thought provoking.

Forgettable.

Camera is a short Cronenberg film about an aged past-his-prime actor who fears the video camera his children have brought home, viewing it as symbolic of aging and inevitable death. Then he dies or something. The psychology here is some on-point Cronenberg, and the basic idea is decent. Cronenberg agrees that much as well. This is a short for a reason, it seemed like a worthy idea but Cronenberg couldn't think up a whole movie for it.

Good short.

Cute short but I hate kids