Passionless Moments

“There are one million passionless moments in your neighbourhood; each has a fragile presence which fades as it forms.” So says a voice in this early Jane Campion collaboration with Gerard Lee (Sweetie, Top of the Lake). Made — without permission — while both were students at Australian Film, Television and Radio School, the short eulogises 10 such moments to wry effect, from ‘Sleepy Jeans’ (misheard lyrics), to ‘Sex ... Thing’ (idle yoga thoughts). The celebration of the micro-absurdity of suburban life showed in the Un Certain Regard slot at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.

The beans will explode in 20 seconds unless they can be rushed into the nitro-glycerine immune area inside his mother’s kitchen ... will he make it?

– From the narration

Key Cast & Crew

Jane Campion

Writer, Producer, Camera, Co-Director

Gerard Lee

Writer, Producer, Co-Director

Veronika Haussler

Editor

Tony Vaccher

Sound

Keith Holmes

Set Designer

Alex Proyas

Camera