Rubber suit and grue film that deconstructs the horror genre and is given out free on mobile phones and various web platforms. Submit to no one and take no prisoners.
Walle - no dialog - make the family interactive - man woman and children. A protagonist - male wants the woman.
All end killed by humans.
“The Others”
QUEST FOR FIRE meets NOTLD
Shoot sequentially to avoid wardrobe malfunctions
Film at abandoned scrapyard by waters edge. Use the geography of the river to dictate the action.
QFF Notes
Introductory Credit Notes - explaining the origin of fire and its importance.
Discordant music - Symphonic in nature. Black and White text credits. Main block. Herald on director’s name. Key Cast info. Single Card. Main theme from the film. Special language and body gestures.
Anthony Burgess/ Language Desmond Morris/Body Language
Establishing Vista - Widescreen format. Night. Meet Ron Perlman - wolves kept at bay by the fire. He eats a bug that flies in the air. Throws fire at wolves. Keeping them back. Show the majesty of the space. PAN to find family by another fire. The tribe. MUSIC heralds. Pregnant women/ communal life. Intro of characters. The importance of the flame.
Next Day. Wind blowing. A scavenger apeman tribe nearby. MUSIC sets tone. They sense something. Men smell the wind. What is out there? Eat with hands. Use wood as spears. Monkey style grooming. Not that far removed from apes. Intro of tribal culture.
Women to the water. Man watching. Humping off women at water. Apemen get ready to mount attack. Woman humped at water. POV through the woods.
APEMEN ATTACK!!! - (10:00) - Panic and fear grips the tribe. Boulders poured onto the cave nest from above - an orchestrated movement. FIRE STOLEN - by Apeman as tribe kept at bay. Lantern of fire kept hidden by Sage. Women raped and hurled from rocks. Vicious society. Cavemen kill ape that escapes with fire. Women dragged away by Apemen.
Aftermath - Dead Apemen and Cavemen. The Cavemen have taken over the site but lost the fire. Cavemen in woods. Running scared. Wounded. Music drives the emotion. Wolves attack the Cavemen. Without fire, they are vulnerable to predators. Escape to riverside as members felled by the wolves.
Night falls (15:00) - Mist comes in and all are scared. Angelic choir sounds over. Mystical and haunted.
22:00 - Cavemen go for Fire. Venturing out into the night. They hear something. They call back at it. A challenge to the Gods.
Panoramic to group in field - LUSH SYMPHONY OVER - Predators appear (Lions) - they interact - (ANOTHER GHOUL)
THE THREAT - LIONS ATTACK! Chase and run. FEAR and retreat as they hide in trees. They are trapped. They eat the tree bare as the lions wait below. One falls and the lions are gone!!
They continue their trek. They see DEER in the distance. HUNGER!!! Drool!!! They are too far away. They cannot feed.
Steal EGGS from a next. FIGHT amongst thieves and anguish. BRAWL - one sees something in distance.
FIRE!!! - the introduction of the coveted element. Other people as well in the distance.
BURNT OUT - when they arrive. They are warmed by the ashes. ROLL in the grey dirt. Find remnants of meal. HUMAN SKULL - in fire- CANNIBALS!!! - they have been luxuriating in human flesh
STILL LOOKING (33:00) - Carrion - raw flesh and vultures - flies and desiccated corpse meat - animal - they eat
FIRE SCENE - night - Monkeymen smell them. Human women hang from trees. CANNIBALS! -
Tribe of cannibals. at waterhole - next day - Heroes get themselves chased while one runs in to steal fire and - doesn’t get a fiery branch
FIGHT - Giant cannibal killed by hero - Johnny Zed gets bitten by cannibal who bites INTO HIM - Girl tries to run (she bites free her bonds) as one falls behind too weak from losing an arm.
Zed steals fire. PUTS OUT cannibal fire - bleeding from bite from cannibal he bested. OTHERS return to hiding spot - they have FIRE but Zed is smart - don’t make it too big -there is something there. (40:22)
Rae Dawn Chong appears - scaring them - they tell her to go away - throw rocks as they escape with their prize - she follows them into the wild.
RDC scared as much as the en. She follows behind them.
Zed in a bad way. RDC comes upon him (a young girl ghoul?) - crying out to him - Gathering food and fruit - overburdened by their load - dropping everything.
RDC makes a mud pack and preys to him. Talks - and talks - USE MOLD for the bite - she fixes it for him - he finds peace - others drop fruit finding her - what was she doing?
FIRE TRIUMPHANT - it is night and they have FIRE!!! (44:23) a lone flame in the desert - The serengeti - RDC holds self by fre while othes cavort. MUSIC BRINGS someone in the dark - The Cannibal(s)
DAY - Cannibals mount a counter-attack - Apeman sees them - CANNIBALS APPEAR - they are everywhere - they are surrounded!!! Ron P ready to fight.
Mammoths appear. Scaring the cannibals. RDC is scared. Mammoths roar! Everyone worried. What will happen?
Zed has a plan. Takes fire - and - advances to the beasts with an offering. All watch - Preying to his God as he communicates with the mighty beast - bows head and feeds the animal - making peace with them. Feeding the beast.
RDC moves to Zed. More civilized. All cavemen move to mammoths and ESCAPE the cannibals. Mammoths attack Cannibals who are not worthy of protection. STAMPEDE!!!
NITE - They eat - they have fire - RDC writhes by fire - Ron P smells her sex. Moves to her. Pokes her for sex. Goes after her. She wants Zed - not Ron P - he is chuffed Zed mounts her as Ron P goes back to eating. Has it off with her. Aftermath - she wraps up by fire - Zed looks at P -
Day - RDC tells the men not to leave - they head back home - she stays in Serengeti - stay here in the mountains - he leaves her behind - she follows reluctantly.
MAKING TOOLS - RDC laffs at Ron P who gets rock in head - laughter - they have never heard it?
RDC sees birds in flight - she now sleeps with Zed - Zed wakes up - screams!!! RDC is gone!
They continue home. Picturesque waterfall and scenery. Zed hungs for fish - crosses water with fire - misses RDC - flute over - Others watch him as he starts to go back for her (w/fire)
He leaves the fire to follow the girl. He is in love!
Smells her on the hay they slept on. Others are confused. RP sits. waits as Zed lies in the hay smelling her.
(1:00:00 mark) - FLUTE (her theme) - ZED GOES LOOKING
NB: Watch Bicycle Thief and Italo-Neo realism for two handed dramas
Birds in flight & flute - he follows the birds - and sees a HUT!! Made of deer skins. He throws spear at it. Others watch from trees.
POTS/ Civilized man - far beyond what they could have made - thy are simple creatures - RDC is from an evolved peoples - they have language/ decoration/ beauty
VILLAGE - fire and people - a community - Zed approaches - they have fire and are protected by a swamp - he falls into quicksand - SCREAMS!!! - he is going to die - Others wait with fire at rocks not knowing. Arrows fly in -
MASKED and armed people - RDC clan - NO! No! He is mine!! They save hi and drag him into the village. They are mud people - they laff at him - smaller, slighter - a wise man comes to visit - touches him - looks at teeth - People dance and laff. RDC hovers nearby -
Zed offered woman for sex. They whip the air as they feed him. She gets on her knees and they all laff at him. All watch from the sidelines . Speaking a language he does not understand. They want him to mount her. Hahahahaha! - he is a primitive
RDC hovers in the night - saddened by the display. (1:10:00)
RDC sneaks into Zed’s cage. She sleeps next to him and is chased out by witch doctor.
Zed has water/ food/ sex - yet something is wrong. RDC wants to be with him. Zed taken to cave and shown how to make fire. Boy rubs stick in palms on pooh. Smoke - Fire - the process of making fire - blowing on it - making the leap as music builds to make FIRE!!!! The weeds burn and a fire is lit. Symphony and angels resound. Fire is created. ZEd overwhelmed . He has the secret of fire - and cries!!
Others caught in same mud trap. Ron P angry and other ape maintaining fire. Zed is one of the mud people. He has laughter.
Ron P and Other go to leave. They steal wood and knock out others. Go to Zed who is now part of the people. Knocked out by Ron P who drags him out. RDC watches from the shadows. They make good their escape. Taking Zed with him. RDC saves them from dying in the swamp. They are outcasts now. (1:19:00)
Ron P drops rock on Others head - they all laff now - Other is bleeding but it is funny. Rain comes and Zed washes himself as others hide. RDC squeezes Zed - they experience missionary for the first time. She teaches him how to do it. She has sex in mud with him - enjoys it - has orgasm - Ron P and other not happy - but they have found a new way to love and be. (1:22:17)
DAY - RDC suprised by other caveman - the group from the original camp - ANGRY - they have fire and girl - the others want it - they split up - Ron P and Zed go out - RDC and Other hide in cave - it is dark and scary - they hear a cornered bear cub - a BEAR attacks Other - RDC runs away - Bear kills Other almost-
(handheld) - everyone freaked out -
ANGRY CLAN confronts Cavemen - we want fire - We will fight - Other ANGRY CLAN arrives - they are trapped
He leaves fire for them.
They throw arrows at ANGRY CLAN - advanced use of weapons
The cavemen return to their clan - everyone rejoices - happy and glad that fire is here!!! Group hug all around.
FIRE IS DROPPED IN THE WATER BY BALD MAN - IT GOES OUT!!!
Zed speaks to the group - He shows them how to make fire with the horn and sticks that he learned with RDC’s people. “I will show you.” Ron P watches - anticipation - NO MUSIC
It doesn’t work - Ron P dismissive - RDC steps in to do it - NO MUSIC - smoke appears and MUSIC starts up - crowd is thrilled - happy monkeys -
Ron P tells a story about their adventures. Other’s wounds by bear licked clean. Zed looks to the night sky - the moon - and is joined by RDC.
They are tender by the moon as the music rises. He holds her as they look aloft.
FIRE burns in the night once again. FACE OUT
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Canada/ France Co-Pro
NAOH - Everett McGill (zed)
AMOUKAR - Ron Perlman
GAW - Nameer El-kadi (Other)
IKA - RDC
** Dwayne Mclean did stunts***
London Symphony Orchestra
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