Synopsis: The story of Orpheus takes the Greek myth and focuses on the sense of loss and guilt. Only in this story rather than being a musician Orpheus is an artist, an artist trapped in his studio with a fading memory of his lost love – but nightly he is pestered and bullied by The Critic, a living embodiment of his own troubled mind.
On this particular night Orpheus, exhausted from his mental torture, is forced to confront his guilt and fight for his sanity. The Critic taunts and bullies Orpheus, reminding him that he is the author of his own plight.
Can Orpheus ever face his own truth or will he remain trapped with The Critic forever?
About the Filmmaker: Guy was born in Sheffield where he studied film production before moving to London to study editing and post production at Ravensbourne College.
After many years working on both films and in television he has worked for many of UK’s leading broadcasters and a number of independent film producers.
More recently he was film editor on the feature ‘Written With Ashes’ and has just finished editing ‘Hornbeam’
Guy founded wunderkammer films to specialise in directing and making puppet films, working with miniatures and models from his studio based in London.
The latest short film ‘Orpheus’ sees the first puppet film from his studio. A re-telling of the Greek myth ‘an epic in miniature’.
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