Starring: Jose Rosete
Director: Armin Siljkovic
Rating: Eight of Ten Stars
A game of cat-and-mouse reaches its deadly conclusion in the shadow-filled back alleys of the Big City.
For a film that doesn't even run seven minutes, "Chasing Shadows" delivers a lot. Hell, it delivers more than many films that run seventy minutes!
First, if you are just looking for a taut mini-thriller where every second of run-time is put to good use, this is a film for you. Second, if you're a lover of the film noir esthetic and need a quite fix to satisfy a hunger, this is a film for you. Third, if are looking for a film that brilliantly presents all the fundamental elements of film noir in a compact, high-quality package, then this is definitely a film for you.
Writer/director Armin Siljkovic has written that "Chasing Shadows" was made as an exercise in exploring all the elements of the film noir genre. As such, it is an unqualified success. It would have earned a Nine-star rating if not for a couple minor stumbles at the end (which, I have no doubt, were the result of both time and budgetary constraints)... and I might not even have noticed them if everything else here hadn't been so perfect.
Take some time out of your busy day to watch this excellent short film. Be sure to let me know in the comments section if you think there isn't an element of the film noir genre that isn't represented here.
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