I covered the story of Preti Taneja, Ben Crowe and James Brown for Channel 4's Ideasfactory and I was impressed by their enthusiasm and creativity. The Man Who Met Himself is a short, impressionistic film where the dialogue is separate to the action, thus making the incident of Stephen Maker's apparent suicide a part of the audience's own investigation. While some of the voice overs could perhaps be more convincing, on the whole, the almost Traffic-esquire visuals and moody motifs of the soundtrack make this an impressive debut from the team. Selected for 2005's Short Film Palme D'Or competition at the Cannes Film Festival, The Man Who Met Himself was the only British film in competition and completely self funded.
Review of The Man Who Met Himself
