Negative Space

Corto escrito y dirigido por Max Porter y Ru Kuwahata. FilmAffinity (@Filmaffinity)

Los tipógrafos y la tipografía a menudo dicen que el espacio en blanco no es tipográfico, manifiestan una especie de horror vacui. Este cortometraje muestra otro tipo de percepción del vacío, también por creatividad y construcción (o espíritu constructivo). Multipremiado en importantes festivales cinematográficos.

Corto de animación basado en un poema de Ron Koertge (@ronkoertge)
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«My dad taught me to pack: lay out everything. Put back half. Roll things that roll. Wrinkle-prone things on top of cotton things. Then pants, waist- to-hem. Nooks and crannies for socks. Belts around the sides like snakes. Plastic over that. Add shoes. Wear heavy stuff on the plane.

»We started when I was little. I’d roll up socks. Then he’d pretend to put me in the suitcase, and we’d laugh. Some guys bond with their dads shooting hoops or talking about Chevrolets. We did it over luggage.

»By the time I was twelve, if he was busy, I’d pack for him. Mom tried but didn’t have the knack. He’d get somewhere, open his suitcase and text me— “Perfect.” That one word from him meant a lot.

»The funeral was terrible—him laid out in that big carton and me crying and thinking, Look at all that wasted space.»

“Negative Space” by Ron Koertge, from Sex World. © Red Hen Press, 2014.

Tres entrevistas que los autores del corto hicieron a Ron Koertge.