Two Gates of Sleep (2010)

Director:

Alistair Banks Griffin

Writer:

Alistair Banks Griffin (written by)

Release Date:

1 April 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After preparing for their mother's imminent death, two brothers go on an arduous upriver journey to honor her final request. |

Plot Keywords:

Journey | River | Coffin | Nature | Very Little Dialogue

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Brady Corbet	...	Jack
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Call	...	Louis
Ross Francis	...	Hunter
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Dr. Benjamin
Lindsay Soileau	...	Dell
Karen Young	...	Bess

Directed by
Alistair Banks Griffin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alistair Banks Griffin		written by

Produced by
Dustin Bowlin	....	associate producer
Antonio Campos	....	executive producer
Sean Durkin	....	executive producer (as T. Sean Durkin)
Josh Mond	....	producer
Andrew Renzi	....	producer
Zachary Stuart-Pontier	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Daniel Bensi
Saunder Jurriaans

Cinematography by
Jody Lee Lipes

Film Editing by
Brady Corbet
Alistair Banks Griffin

Casting by
Randi Glass
Susan Shopmaker

Production Design by
Kris Moran

Art Direction by
William Logan

Costume Design by
Lisa Hennessy

Makeup Department
Carlos Savant	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Dustin Bowlin	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexander Norton	....	second assistant director
Zachary Stuart-Pontier	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Dan Flosdorf	....	sound designer
Dan Flosdorf	....	sound editor
Dan Flosdorf	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Josh M. Allen	....	gaffer
Joe Anderson	....	first assistant camera
Alexander Engel	....	key grip
Andrew Engert	....	best boy grip
Maxwell Sorensen	....	second assistant camera

Editorial Department
Nicholas Metcalf	....	colorist

Other crew
Cassidy George	....	production assistant

Thanks
Katherine Cecil	....	special thanks
Mary Corbet	....	special thanks
Daryn DeLuco	....	special thanks
Katie McClain	....	special thanks (as Kathryn McClain)

Production Companies

• BorderLine Films

Distributors

• Damned Distribution (2011) (France) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Cinereach  funding
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Vision On  post-production

Also Known As:

"Two Gates of Sleep" - France (imdb display title)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

Mississippi, USA

Company:

BorderLine Films

Two hicks bury their mama

While the film has some attractive imagery, it is effectively summarised as my title suggests. This short work, which played tonight at the London Film Festival, doesn't particularly satisfy in any area.

The Mississippi landscape is nice enough, and some of the style works as good verite, but really the thing needs to re-cut to focus to give the film any centre whatsoever.

I don't know whether I fully understood the little that was happening, and the intrusive soundtrack didn't help. While the film has no Antichrist moments that make you regret art-house cinema, this only makes the grade at a festival with slender merits.

French subtitles merely added to the puzzlement.