Stars: Tim Scott-Walker, Jannica Olin, Oliver Browne, Cristiana Dell’Anna, Kristina Erdely | Written and Directed by Simon Horrocks
Independent films have a freedom not only to test the limits of the audience but sometimes frustrate them. This frustration is not in a negative way, but it’s the fact that when independent filmmakers have the freedom to create their own vision, they can decide to take a more cryptic approach to the story process you see on the screen, where the final revelation is the only way to truly understand what you’ve seen. Third Contact is a film like this, where the focus is on the audience themselves to fully understand what they are seeing.
Third Contact has three important elements which are the psychologist Dr David Wright (Tim Scott-Walker), a suicide the loved one left behind. When Rene commits suicide his sister Erika (Jannica Olin) travels to London to sort out his things.
Independent films have a freedom not only to test the limits of the audience but sometimes frustrate them. This frustration is not in a negative way, but it’s the fact that when independent filmmakers have the freedom to create their own vision, they can decide to take a more cryptic approach to the story process you see on the screen, where the final revelation is the only way to truly understand what you’ve seen. Third Contact is a film like this, where the focus is on the audience themselves to fully understand what they are seeing.
Third Contact has three important elements which are the psychologist Dr David Wright (Tim Scott-Walker), a suicide the loved one left behind. When Rene commits suicide his sister Erika (Jannica Olin) travels to London to sort out his things.
- 3/5/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Writer-director Simon Horrocks, on his Twitter profile, describes his film Third Contact thusly:
Film shot in London. Not about gangsters.
That alone piqued my interest. But now that I’ve seen the trailer, I’m even more intrigued. A science fiction film! About ideas! How wonderful.
The film has no distribution yet, but Horrocks did use Kickstarter to fund a screening at London’s BFI IMAX this summer that did very well. That’s a good omen that the film may be more widely available eventually.
Film shot in London. Not about gangsters.
That alone piqued my interest. But now that I’ve seen the trailer, I’m even more intrigued. A science fiction film! About ideas! How wonderful.
The film has no distribution yet, but Horrocks did use Kickstarter to fund a screening at London’s BFI IMAX this summer that did very well. That’s a good omen that the film may be more widely available eventually.
- 11/28/2013
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Third Contact, Simon Horrocks’ directorial debut, was shot on a miniscule budget showing yet again that films don’t need major studio funding in order to be excellent. The reviews for the film so far have been great, with one even referring to it as a “masterful piece of art.”
The film tells the story of Dr. David Wright, a depressed psychotherapist, who embarks on an obsessive investigation after a second patient takes their own life in mysterious circumstances. Wright sets out to find out who or what is behind those deaths before any more lives are lost.
Horrocks is getting ready to kickoff a crowdfunding campaign in order to give his film the release it deserves. In honour of that upcoming campaign, I had the opportunity to talk to him about the film. We discussed his inspiration, why he’s searching for public funding, and much more.
Check out the full interview below.
The film tells the story of Dr. David Wright, a depressed psychotherapist, who embarks on an obsessive investigation after a second patient takes their own life in mysterious circumstances. Wright sets out to find out who or what is behind those deaths before any more lives are lost.
Horrocks is getting ready to kickoff a crowdfunding campaign in order to give his film the release it deserves. In honour of that upcoming campaign, I had the opportunity to talk to him about the film. We discussed his inspiration, why he’s searching for public funding, and much more.
Check out the full interview below.
- 5/6/2013
- by Alexander Lowe
- We Got This Covered
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