Screened at the AC Project Room and later at Los Angeles MoCA, this was my second film with Katy Schimert and probably my favorite.
The film stars Oliver Reinsch and was shot on frozen Lake Erie where Katy grew up. She had fashioned a hand-made astronaut suit with a sculpted ceramic chest plate for Oliver. We shot in varied terrain sometimes a quarter mile away from Oliver in -20 degree weather.
This project was pure magic, from Katy’s vision to Oliver’s grace over very slick ice and our combined subverbal communication throughout the project. Especially fun was sneaking off at night while Katy slept and bowling in Buffalo, NY with the astronaut suit… in slow motion, as if on the moon. Fantastic!