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Planet Man

Short Film (Full Length) – 1995

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 "It was the beginning of the end of the world..." Tim Balme (The Almighty Johnsons) narrates this moody tale of being trapped in a world where all the women have disappeared. Balme's character duels with a beautiful woman who ain't interested (played by Balme's real-life partner Katie Wolfe), and finds desire playing tricks with his mind. Writer/director Andrew Bancroft evokes the film noir stylings of 1940s and 50s movies with his shadowy, rain-lashed imagery, hard-nosed characters and their innuendo. Planet Man was named Best Short Film in the Critics' Week section of the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. 

..a blackly funny film that takes no prisoners in its broad and ambitious sweep...sustains a knife-edge tension throughout, combining melodrama and sardonic humour with ease.
– Pavement magazine

Produced by

James Wallace Productions

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