THE OLD WAYS
(13 mins / 16mm / B&W / 2010)
The Old Ways asks what it would take for a government to justify and enforce the death penalty on a child, and offers a scathingly satirical response: public relations. A pitch black comedy that frames the justice system as spectacle, this film’s treatment of its highly political subject is only outdone by its striking visuals and arresting mise-en-scène.
-Magali Simard (TIFF Programmer)
Director: Michael Vass
Writers: Kathryn Mockler, Michael Vass
Producers: Tricia Lee, Michael Vass
Executive Producer: Corey Marr
Cinematographer: Catherine Lutes
Editors: Bojan Bodruzic & Michael Vass
Composer: Bob Wiseman
Starring: Ian Downie, London Angelis, Stewart Arnott, Dan Lett, Levi MacDougall, Kathleen Phillips, Ryan Blakely
Selected Screenings:
2010 Toronto International Film Festival
2011 Anthology Film Archives, New Filmmakers NY
2011 Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
2011 Aesthetica Short Film Festival
