In today’s economic climate, when owners find their houses are “underwater,” it’s not quite as literally as in the above short film. Directed by Reynold Reynolds and Patrick Jolley, The Drowning Room is one of the most astonishing short films ever seen by Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film, having first experienced it way back at the 2000 New York Underground Film Festival. So, we’re thrilled that Reynolds has finally put it online.
The Drowning Room is still pretty incredible to watch after being transferred to digital and seen on the small screen, i.e. a computer monitor. However, it doesn’t quite compare to the claustrophobic intensity of experiencing it while trapped in a movie theater and on the big screen.
Most underwater scenes in movies are reserved for action sequences and, while Reynolds and Jolley do stage a fist fight, The Drowning Room is most...
The Drowning Room is still pretty incredible to watch after being transferred to digital and seen on the small screen, i.e. a computer monitor. However, it doesn’t quite compare to the claustrophobic intensity of experiencing it while trapped in a movie theater and on the big screen.
Most underwater scenes in movies are reserved for action sequences and, while Reynolds and Jolley do stage a fist fight, The Drowning Room is most...
- 1/9/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Life is in decay in Reynold Reynolds‘ beautifully shot short film Six Apartments. Six strangers, unaware of each other’s existence, live their lives in isolation, passing their time on Earth listening to the radio, watching TV, scrubbing their feet, feeding their pet snake, etc. All the while they do not notice that their world is slowly decomposing all around them. Depending on your stomach for that kind of thing, some of the decay can be quite grotesque. But, the stunning camera moves and shot compositions are completely wonderful to behold.
This is a split-screen film with the action in the apartments split up between both sides. However, with the in-tandem camera moves on each side of the screen, Reynolds directs your eye to which is the more important action to be focused on. Plus, the split-screen is a good relief when one side offers up images that are tough to digest: Decomposing rodents,...
This is a split-screen film with the action in the apartments split up between both sides. However, with the in-tandem camera moves on each side of the screen, Reynolds directs your eye to which is the more important action to be focused on. Plus, the split-screen is a good relief when one side offers up images that are tough to digest: Decomposing rodents,...
- 1/20/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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