Untitled (Maya and Paul)
with Guy Sherwin
5 minutes. london 2005 colour sound super-8
(screening format miniDV)

SYNOPSIS:
Images of a young couple on a sunlit train; variations of light and colour affect our understanding of what we see.
Filmed in super 8, optically printed to 16mm film and digitally edited.

REVIEW:
Simple gestures, motion of the train, an enclosed setting, repetition - all contribute to a rich sensibility. As the viewer, we may envisage a space we're invited to share, we may feel a closeness with the protaganists. Or we may be wary of the film's gaze, as unobstrusive as that may be, we may desire a more cynical point of view. Is this romanticism overload?
The film reminds me of haiku poetry, in that a few well chosen images are able to convey a depth of meaning. It does not simply suspend a notion, it offers reassurance. - Ooni Peh (filmmaker)

SCREENINGS:
2006 'intimate Journeys' programme. Director's Lounge Berlin
2005 'Intimate Journeys' programme. instinc Gallery (Singapore), Jeune Creation (Paris), White Night-Le Divan du Monde (Paris).