Maniac Landscapes
A film by Matthew Wade
Apart of life.
As disembodied cries move through the rooms of a house, their emotional intensity provoked a reanimation of the dead, cosmic shifts, and alterations on time, place, and states of being.
Director’s Statement
"Maniac Landscapes" came from a series of dreams where I could hear crying, always distant, always from a person was unable to see, but always feeling close. And though was only a ghostly observer in these dreams, I was able tO see the impact of this extreme sorrow on things in an old house. Flowers would move as if they were trying to respond to the sounds. The light outside would shift. Things felt so affected by energy. though much of the film was developed outside of the dream, tried to support a kind of dream logic in its final presentation: light moves in impossible ways, inanimate objects take on movement and purpose, and answers are not as important as experiences and the atmosphere they unfold in.
The film was made over the course of a year, in between freelance commercial gigs, other filmmaking pursuits, and life in general. It was used to maintain a course of slow cinematic expression; something distant from my day-to-day client jobs and commercial sensibilities. Though mostly, it was just something I was interested in seeing and hearing for myself. Like watching a dream recorded on film.
Animated & Directed by
Matthew Wade
Sound Design by
Jacob Kinch
Produced by
Sara Lynch, Matthew Wade, & Sky Melt
