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Dance All Night
(short film)
Verdict: Gentle, compelling and engaging comedy
Pretty Hiroe Takei's character shakes her bottom, pick-pockets a girl's bag, and starts to dance. She'll soon wish she could stop.
We're in a red-light club. She asks a nice guy (Raymond Brilliant) if he'd like to dance - and picks his pocket. 'Actually, I don't call that dancing', she sniffs, and leaves him.
But retribution lurks.
Here comes the Good Fairy (Rachel Rose Reid). 'You broke that boy's heart. Choose your punishment'. It's to dance all night.
Hiroe Takei's Dancer dances off into the mean streets. On a tube, she can't stop her feet doing serious damage to a lecherous drunk (Marc Jackson). Dancing through a dark park, she meets the fairy again. 'Tell me how to get the bloody shoes off.' But the fairy's not convinced she's changed her ways.
Will a man (Duncan Cowan) about to jump from a bridge because his heart's distressed appeal to the dancer's inner angel? Will Hell freeze?
The Good Fairy may command the moral high ground, but the Dancer has a pick-pocketed trick or two up her sleeve, and there's a neat twist to the ending. Blissful.
Rachel Rose Reid is a fairy sparkling with tinsel and impish sexuality; a sprite who is arch, credible, camp - and a touch angelic.
Hiroe Takei mesmerises from her first pirouette to the excellent denouement of this masterful film. She's a delicate delight, packed with charisma - each subtle facial expression and dance movement a visual masterpiece.
Dance All Night's a gentle and engaging film with a cast each providing excellent performances. It's filmed with elegance, and edited impeccably to produce a tight, seamless piece of narrative. There's a fine original score. Direction by Marc Jackson and Duncan Cowan produces a light touch and a compelling story.
Credits (as shown on film, with additional notes): Cast: Hiroe Takei (Dancer (aka Bitch)). Raymond Brilliant (Nice Guy - at start and end). Rachel Rose Reid (Fairy, and woman whose bag is picked at start). Marc Jackson (Drunk - on tube). Duncan Cowan (Suicide). Chris Ryman (Dancer - at start). Crew: Chantelle James (Make-Up). Adam Newman and Terry Varhalamas (Music). Directed, Produced, and Edited by Duncan Cowan and Marc Jackson. Thanks to Freedom Bar.
END
John Park
reviewed London 13 April 03
film made as part of 48-Hour Digital Guerrilla Filmmakers' Challenge - London November 02
Fringe Report (c) Fringe Report 2002-2009
