Director Chris Toumazou focuses on themes of loneliness and isolation using a decidedly eery launderette as the backdrop. The characters are possessed by the voice of Cloud Boat singer Tom Clark, as a way of sourcing attention and affection from one another.
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Directed by Chris Toumazou
Produced by COMPULSORY.
Label. R&S/Apollo Records
Commissioner: Tom Lilley
Director of Photography: Robert White
Focus Puller: Sam Ardley
Clapper Loader: Joel Honeywell
Gaffer: Nick Leishman
Shot on Super 16mm Film, ‘Opening Brace’ follows a heightened and fictional day in the life of My Panda Shall Fly frontman, Suren Seneviratne. It makes for very kitsch and awkward viewing.
‘Home & Consonance’ by Tropics follows the inner workings of a brothel with a significant twist. Chris Toumazou directs a narrative weaving the sale of hugs rather than sex in this visually and emotionally affecting piece.