Film No. 66 (2014) September 13th. 10.45 AM LUNA Leederville.
The delight of previewing a film which has been promoted with little to no fanfare but stuns you with its brilliance is a delight indeed. The Little Death tells the extremely funny story of the behind closed doors sexual desires and fantasies of 4 couples. Right, so while this might sound slightly sordid, you couldn't be more wrong. The film is hilarious, belly laugh funny in parts.
Every nation has its own self effacing style of comedy; Death is a fine example of our Australian brand. While the film spends time building on the frailties of each couple as they communicate with varying degrees of success, the humour overflows when the actors find the straight faced timing for each key moment in every scene. Layered through all of this is the fact there is some link between each as we learn that they live up the street from one another.
From the very first scene where Maeve (Bojana Novakovic) rolls over in bed and reveals to her man Paul (writer / director Josh Lawson) she needs to tell him of her secret sexual fantasy, we know we are in for something fresh. We are taken aback by her revelation but are soon in fits of laughter at his misinterpretation of it. Fresh because while some of the themes could have fallen into the realms of smut, but they don't, in fact they give new life to the theme of sexual secrets.
But there is more. Just when we think that all the avenues of the film's narrative are covered, two new characters are introduced with an even fresher idea. Monica (Erin James) and Sam (TJ Power) become acquainted via a skype hook up whereby Monica is employed as a video relay interpreter to assist Sam with his fantasy. The long scene is both funny and moving. I'll be looking out for the work of Josh Lawson from now on. I hope he can maintain the standards he has set with The Little Death. 10GUMS.
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