Obsolescence

Cinephreak Pictures

Web: http://www.cinephreakpictures.com

After a considerable absence Jakob Bilinski has returned with his chilling prequel Obsolescence. The short (26 minutes) film is best called a prequel because Bilinski would like to see it become the pilot for a TV or Web series. This would work, as the film’s plot has many openings to base episodes on. This short film lays down the plot and establishes the significant players.

Nick’s girlfriend, with whom he was deeply in love, has died. He finds she was really a laboratory construct with a built-in obsolescence date. The corporation’s intent is to breed people who will have a shorter lifespan then decently expire. By ending their lives prematurely the world’s remaining resources will be conserved for the lucky few who will live a normal long life. Who is funding the corporation for this work?

Nick goes off the deep end. At the opening of the film he is torturing a girl who works for the corporation. He will get to the bottom of it and take his revenge.

Bilinski and his friend Scott Ganyo have rewritten Bilinski’s original idea into the makings of a powerful series. Surprising for such a high-quality product, the film was shot on a shoestring that makes budget films look positively overfunded. Ganyo and Jen Lilley provide the central actors. Luca Ellis is smoothly evil as Detrick, the corporation head, and Rosalind Rubin plays the tortured Tess (we don’t find out her place in the story, just yet) is brilliant. That’s it – the four actors, a minimal crew, and a weekend’s shooting. Yet the film doesn’t look “budget”. Perhaps we are so engrossed in the plot that we just don’t notice.

The team of Bilinski and Ganyo have created an innovative concept that could grow into a major series. Let’s hope it does.

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