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Crossbow (2007)
Directed by David Michôd
“A kid. His mum and dad. The sex and drugs. And the boy next door who watched the whole thing unravel.”
Drama · 14m
In Crossbow the spoiler is right in front of you, there in the title. A crossbow is an anachronistic device and does not, at least in my mind, lend itself well to analogy or metaphor. In spite, or, more accurately, precisely because this ominous title hangs over the very start of viewing, the short film remarkably sustains a growing dread throughout its languid narration and slow-moving, though arresting visuals; maximizing its force not through the promise of surprise but through the inevitability of its conclusion.
Cast
Joel Edgerton
Lisa Chappell
Mirrah Foulkes
David Michôd
Nash Edgerton
Crew
- Director
- David Michôd
- Writer
- David Michôd
- Director of Photography
- Greig Fraser
- Editor
- Luke Doolan
- Producer
- Angie Fielder, Polly Staniford
Details
- Release date
- 2007-06-10
- Runtime
- 14m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- Aquarius Films, New South Wales Film & Television Office, Blue-Tongue Films