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| The Woolf and the snail | |
| by Melissa Roberts | |
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This mesmeric film by Anderson Wright is based on Virginia Woolf’s first published story of the same name. It brings to life the author’s musings on how our minds seek to make meaning of experiences, and does so with perfect form. It features a narrator who, while reclining in an armchair smoking, sees a mark on the wall across the room that she’s not noticed before. The film’s protagonist is lost in her spooling thoughts, her mind inventing possible past lives for the wall at a speed to make any advertising creative envious, when a male figure interrupts her internal narrative. The man (presumably her husband) asks whether she wants a newspaper from the shop, before admonishing himself - because what’s the point in reading the news if “nothing ever changes” - and informing her there’s a snail on their wall. Produced by Mexico’s Violeta Films, it’s an example of symbiotic filmmaking. Where it’s clear that thoughtful decisions have been made by every department, and these have contributed to the overall high quality of storytelling.
Product Category: Short Films
Territory: Mexico
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