War.

Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you and enslave you; who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! Who drill you, diet you, treat you as cattle, as cannon fodder.


Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men! Machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don't hate! Only the unloved hate; only the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers - don't fight for slavery, fight for liberty!


You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness. You the people have the power to make life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure! Then in the name of democracy let's use that power; let us all unite! Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill their promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfill that promise! Let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason; a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness.

Soldiers - in the name of democracy, let us all unite!

Charlie Chaplin

Logline

War has broken out. A mysterious woman occupying an underground bunker types a message of enduring importance. Each message is posted to an opposing room, where three soldiers seek refuge. Once the woman has absconded, the soldiers attempt to make sense of this anomalous message.

Cannes Film Digest Short Interview with Writer/Director/Producer of SDLB: Christopher Brown

What was the inspiration for making your film?
Boy, that's a question. I suppose I was compelled to make an experimental piece that had a profoundly rich message at its core. Additionally, working within the surrealist genre would encourage abstract notions, and fathomless imagery, that all in all would explore the very nature of art. I wanted to make a Film that placed heavy emphasis on audience interpretation, i.e. how varying spectators could sculpture their own unique reading; this the oil that powered my cognitive engine.

Any fun Film Festival stories?
Cannes being the first Film Festival, no stories have unfolded as of yet. However, I'm hoping to take a beach ball, so I'm sure things will get wild.

How do you fund your work and balance your creative and work lives?
Amid the UK's Cinematic climate change, Film funding proves a streneous ordeal that curtails the growth of Production. Consequently, I've had no other choice than to fund my own projects... Apropos, I have a reservoir of work on ice at the moment. In terms of balance, all Filmmakers at some stage are forced to lead a double life; that's just the way the tide travels - Unless of course 'Lady Luck' hands you the nepotism card.

What do you hope to accomplish at Cannes and in your career?
I see no point in going to Cannes hell bent on trying to 'accomplish' anything - just being a part of this illustrious Film Festival is in itself a feat. Povided I can continue making Films, whilst concurrently venerating this piquant craft... I'll be a very happy man.

Interview conducted by Producer/Director Brent Roske -10th April 2011

Andy Callahan SDLB Design Work

CANNES 2011: The Imminent Excursion

The clock ticks down - - beat by beat. . .

May 11th: 'She Don't Look Back' will be having its World Premiere amid a haven of Filmmakers from around the Globe. This illustrious Film Festival has been a meeting ground for Cinematic raconteurs for an enduring stretch of time, so what better place to be than the 64th Cannes Film Festival!

Christopher Brown and David Nwikpo will be there to represent the Film in all it's glory, so stay tuned for updates!

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