On the Leesh premiered two of our short films, What Are the Odds? and The Muse: A Girl’s Delicious Daydream About a Dangerous Man at an invited screening in the Tribeca Grand Hotel in September 2004.
The two short films shown at the screening were:
What Are the Odds?: “What are the Odds?” is a story about two mathematicians who come to NYC for a conference and keep bumping into each other. Through math, they determine it must be fate, but is it? Written by Justin Spitzer and directed by Matthew Tritt, “What are the Odds?” is a story about NYC, fate, love and math.
The Muse: A Girl’s Delicious Daydream About A Dangerous Man: The Muse: A Girl’s Delicious Daydream About a Dangerous Man is a twisted Pygmalian tale of a love darkened by obsession. Fashioned in the stylized aesthetic of the early silents, and shot entirely on black and white Super 8 film, the story portrays a young man who enters a flower shop to catch the eye of a beautiful shopgirl. They begin to dance, and he, enamored by her beauty, seeks to charm her by decorating her with offerings from around the flower shop. As he becomes increasingly involved with the artistry of his creation, of which she is the centerpiece, she becomes increasingly uncomfortable under its trappings, until the scene culminates with his ultimate offering at the pedestal of her feet. This haunting film plays with concepts of how lovers invent each other, often to dark ends. It is a unique silent film, mysterious, moving, and beautiful to watch.