Shadowy Encounters

“An extraordinarily provocative film which draws the viewer in with its strange mesmerizing beauty.” – Brothers Quay The film “Shadowy Encounters” is an homage to the work of the Quay Brothers. The film is a synthesis of collaged moving and still images taken directly from the Quay Brothers’ 35mm films and recontextualized in order to metaphorically and responsively capture and reframe the Quay’s films’ qualities. The resultant richly textured and layered imagery delves the labyrinthine and secret realms of the Quay Brothers’ world. In itself, “Shadowy Encounters” is a complete, compelling, mythic and painstaking transcription of an inner journey. It is a passionate, intimate and graceful dialogue conducted in the medium of film, filmmaker to filmmakers. In essence, “Shadowy Encounters” parallels the films of the Brothers Quay in its willingness to explore the diverse palette of the human psyche, where the emotional self subsumes the gaze.