Dir. Sook-Yin Lee et Dylan Gamble
2023 - 82’
English
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REST AND RELAX is an experimental comedy about the anxieties of our time, directed by and starring Sook-Yin Lee and Dylan Gamble. Four stories explore life in the 21st century while surviving capitalism, disease and the internet:
“Ravine and the Teller”: A worker encounters a disheveled woman in the woods and discovers how she got there.
“Secret Singers”: A science-fiction noir novel where singing is forbidden.
“Escape from the Cloud”: Influencers Clovis and Von Von discover they're trapped in the Internet and must escape.
“Pure Terror”: Pinky, an energetic walker in a tracksuit, leaves behind a trail of destruction.
In 2020, Sook-Yin Lee and Dylan Gamble met and decided to lock themselves away together during a global pandemic to make a film. Using cell phones, DSLR cameras and whatever else they could get their hands on, they made their first feature film, a psychedelic autofiction melodrama entitled DEATH AND SICKNESS (streaming on CBC Gem). Their next documentary, WHO CARES (about community care), premiered as part of the Wavelength winter series. REST AND RELAX, their second entirely fictional feature, combines surrealism, science fiction, novel noir, documentary, burlesque and musical elements. D.I.Y. musicians, they assume all creative and technical roles in front of and behind the camera. REST AND RELAX includes performances by non-actor musicians: art-rock-choc-performance artist Corpusse, Desiree Das Gupta (Kali Horse), Cameron Kirk (Your Grandad), Chinatown busker Tak Chan, Adam Hanrahan (Retired) and Khan Adib Al Ashik, whom Sook-Yin and Dylan met on New Year's Eve delivering takeaway food.
avec La Lumière Collective et Everyday Ago
REST AND RELAX
Dir. Sook-Yin Lee et Dylan Gamble
2023 - 82’
English
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REST AND RELAX is an experimental comedy about the anxieties of our time, directed by and starring Sook-Yin Lee and Dylan Gamble. Four stories explore life in the 21st century while surviving capitalism, disease and the internet:
“Ravine and the Teller”: A worker encounters a disheveled woman in the woods and discovers how she got there.
“Secret Singers”: A science-fiction noir novel where singing is forbidden.
“Escape from the Cloud”: Influencers Clovis and Von Von discover they're trapped in the Internet and must escape.
“Pure Terror”: Pinky, an energetic walker in a tracksuit, leaves behind a trail of destruction.
In 2020, Sook-Yin Lee and Dylan Gamble met and decided to lock themselves away together during a global pandemic to make a film. Using cell phones, DSLR cameras and whatever else they could get their hands on, they made their first feature film, a psychedelic autofiction melodrama entitled DEATH AND SICKNESS (streaming on CBC Gem). Their next documentary, WHO CARES (about community care), premiered as part of the Wavelength winter series. REST AND RELAX, their second entirely fictional feature, combines surrealism, science fiction, novel noir, documentary, burlesque and musical elements. D.I.Y. musicians, they assume all creative and technical roles in front of and behind the camera. REST AND RELAX includes performances by non-actor musicians: art-rock-choc-performance artist Corpusse, Desiree Das Gupta (Kali Horse), Cameron Kirk (Your Grandad), Chinatown busker Tak Chan, Adam Hanrahan (Retired) and Khan Adib Al Ashik, whom Sook-Yin and Dylan met on New Year's Eve delivering takeaway food.
avec La Lumière Collective et Everyday Ago