Careful with that Crossbow
Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers 2010 Short film
- Comedy
- Thriller
This is the third instalment in director Jason Stutter’s successful trilogy of short cautionary tales. The ingredients are simple: playful kids, dangerous tool. The recipe for a comic screen gem? Mix them up. In this film, a boy figures out how a crossbow works with his sister. With the dark wit of a fairy tale and the economy of silent comedian Buster Keaton, Careful with that Crossbow brilliantly exploits the audience's identification with the characters on-screen, and creates edge of the seat tension from what might happen when boy meets crossbow. The film was invited to more than 20 festivals around the world.







