Model Escape is a love letter to the director, Antonioni. It is a conversation with his seminal film, Blow-Up. Model Escape addresses the narrative dilemma of illusion and reality, using the exact London location of the film and having John Pearse design the costume, whose dress was donned by the model Veruschka von Lehndorff in the poster and film Blow-Up. The protagonist, played by David Hemmings, proves to be an unreliable interlocutor throughout the film as he believes he has witnessed a murder in a photograph, which he enlarges in the darkroom.
Model Escape continues that line of thought in an alternate universe where the model escapes the studio's vicinity, chasing something unseen while being seen. The freedom of movement contradicts the visually arresting frame, as she exists only within the world of Blow-Up. David, in the last scenes, is seen observing two mimes playing imaginary tennis. David picks up a non-existent ball from the grass and throws it over the fence to the court as if it were real, thus embracing the illusion.
Model Escape is set in today's London. In this film, the ball is seen from both the audience's and the model's perspectives, who throws it onto the tennis court with no one on it.
Model Maddie Stanley Directed by Jarvis Laurence Director Of Photography Darius Shu Costume Designer John Pearse Dialogue Editor Archie Lyon-Marais Audio Excerpt From Criterion Jack Nicholson On Michelangelo Antonioni Music: Giorgio Carnini "Beat Requim" A OneThreeFive Pictures & Silverprince Pictures Production
Before The Leaves Fall
As summer wanes, Jerry and Delon reunite one last time in the pastoral British countryside before chasing their dreams, which will pull them apart.
Dir. Jarvis Laurence
Prod. Darius Shu & Shafi Saleh
Prod Company: OneThreeFive Pictures, Silverprince Pictures
Portrait of Grandmother
A short documentary of my grandmother, who lives in a remote village in Borneo. It is a vignette of her life and tales. Moving between villages, fishing, god, raising children, and encountering wild animals. It reflects a life surrounded by nature and an everlasting reverence for the rainforest.
Dir. Jarvis Laurence
Prod Company: OneThreeFive Pictures
The Fairy Story
6 minutes 55 seconds
A five-minute film formed by the women in Andrew Wyeth's ‘Christina’s World’ painting and Tom Lenihan, a farmer in early 20th-century Ireland, talking about fairy folklore.
Dir. Jarvis Laurence
Prod. Shafi Saleh
Prod Company: OneThreeFive Pictures
Time with a bird at the Colosseum
1 minute 30 seconds
Harlow’s day out in the sunny city took an unforeseen turn after meeting with a fellow named Wilhelm, who recalls a time with a bird at the Colosseum.
A satirical short film that parodies television commercials.
Dir. Jarvis Laurence
Prod. Shafi Saleh
Prod Company: OneThreeFive Pictures
