Midsummer

Synopsis: Short experimental film. An adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream set against a psychedelic backdrop of surreal techno clubs and urban alleyways. The film opens with a long unbroken shot, with no dialogue, in which the main characters and their relationship to one other are established. Note: the film served as a promotional trailer for a work-in-progress. Lanier, op cit, states that the film was abandoned through lack of finance.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1999
Duration: 17 mins

Director

James Kerwin

Producer

James Kerwin; P. Dirk Higdon; Steven Hacker

Cinematographer

David Blood

Screenplay

James Kerwin; Tim Shane

Music

Kristopher Carter

Costume

Janet Schwartz

Art Direction

Douglas H. Leonard

Cast

Awards: The opening sequence was shown widely at US film festivals where it won several awards including the 2001 Grand Jury Prize at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
Reviews: Lanier, Douglas ‘Film Spin-Offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 227-8, entry 946).

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