Half silent film, half narrated, CALL OF THE VOID is the journey of a man known as The Painter as he falls deep into the world of opium addiction. As his life begins to fall into a repetitive hell, he finds himself listening to voices of his past and future. As he spirals into a sense of confusion, he is met with the haunting appearance of a darkness known only as The Void and the death that awaits him in the darkness of his very soul. Inspired by films of the past and German Expressionism, Call of the Void is a deep look at the horrors of the darkness within and the loneliness we face in the absence of our inner light.
GENRE: Arthouse/Horror
RUN TIME: 62 min
TRAILER LINK: https://youtu.be/aqzAFQG66PY?si=TLGU4sYy0J74PX_j
Starring: Jared Bankens, Kirsten Bazet, Katie Bankens
Director/Writer: J. M. Stelly
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
“Call of the Void” is a special film to me. Over the years, the idea transformed and mutated into something unique. Here we have a story that’s from the perspective of different versions of a person. He has no real name nor can he remember it. To the audience he’s just The Painter and in this movie we are painting a picture of his final night alive. A night that he’s reliving over and over again. The movie really is a cathartic exercise for both the character of the painter and the audience. I say this because the movie is greatly about understanding that which lives in all of us. The darkness, sadness and confusion of both life and death.
In the film the character of the painter is working through that and as an audience we are engaged in that. Hopefully through that journey people are able to analyze themselves in a way to understand their own shadow mind in the void of their lives. I feel like this film is more of an experience rather just another movie. The technicalities of this film were some of the toughest things I’ve ever had to overcome as a filmmaker and I can only hope people walk away wanting to keep diving into this film’s strange, dark and beautiful world. It’s a deep contextual piece of cinema. It’s art and I hope that those who see it are drawn to its beauty and grim existential horror. — Writer/Director/Producer – J. M. Stelly
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