IT'S A STRANGE WORLD - a Hassan Said motion picture
Winner of the silver palm award at Mexico International Film festival
premiered and exhibited at the De Young Museum.
-Josh Samford from Rogue Cinema wrote “It’s a Strange World from director Hassan Said is a 27 minute free-form bit of surrealist cinema, similar to the work of David Lynch or Luis Bunuel… I can only tell viewers that this is a picture that is beautiful for its craft and not simply for its storytelling.”
-The independent critic’s Richard Ropes wrote “Destined to be wildly popular on the indie and underground film fest circuit, Hassan Said's It's a Strange World is easily one of the best shorts I've seen yet this year and an unforgettable experience for the open-minded cineaste who is able to surrender and surrender again to the cinematic experience.”
shot over the course of 3 years and a labor of love. its more than a film, it is an experience. experimenting boundaries of story telling and visualization. Shot on formats: 35mm, 16mm, s16mm, hd, dv, super 8. with talented international crew , a cast of non actors, and a full musical orchestra.
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A surreal story of a beautiful woman’s hallucination through an abstract and bizarre world.
Eve’s perception of life gets distorted after she drinks out of a flower, finding herself floating through an incoherent dream and ultimately lost in the memories of her past, present and future. In the end, Eve’s mind breaks the barriers of logic and eventually transcends consciousness.
Her journey travels through four stages: The Dream, The Circus, The Bunny and The Awakening.
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REVIEWS:
The Independent Critic: http://theindependentcritic.com/its_a...
(re)Search My Trash: http://www.searchmytrash.com/movies/i...
Rogue Cinema: http://www.roguecinema.com/its-a-stra...
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CREW
Written and Directed by Hassan Said
Edited by Jason Michael Roberts
Cinematography by Lautaro D'Amato
Original Music by Nicole Calhoun and Lautaro D'Amato
Music Performed by The Strange Orchestra
STARRING
Nicole Calhoun, Tim O'Hara, Lautaro D'Amato, Kacie Velie, Fernando Garcia, Damir Harasic, Caitlin O'Hare.
shot in San Francisco and Oakland, California
