Compilation/Packaged Set: The Complete Bavo Defurne Short Film Collection
Barcode 5060265150488
Release Date 2000
Purchase Date 2/7/2017
Purchase Price $11.56
Store Amazon.com.uk
Condition New

Contains: Campfire / Saint / Particularly Now, In Spring / Sailor

This release brings together four of Bavo Defurne’s most acclaimed short films.
Campfire
is a short about a camping trip for scouts where a boy falls in love with his best friend and causes tension in the scouting group --
Saint
is about the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian --
Particularly Now-In Spring
is a film about the dreams you have when you are young-- A seventeen year old boy reveals his life philosophy of idealism, unity and friendship amongst his mates in the sports club -- He believes he'll never leave glorious universe, which is, in fact, his youth--
Sailor (Matroos)
A teenager adores his sailor friend. He dreams about the exotic countries, marvelous starry skies and the inevitable homesickness that would bring his friend back to him. In a colorful series of mythical referential images, his fragile dreams get so unreal, that the enthusiasm for seeing his friend again turns into anxiousness.

Links: + Review: Big Gay Picture Show (Collection)


Saint
Fonds Film in Vlaanderen (6/24/1997)
Action, Experimental/Avant-Garde/Art House, Queer Themes/Interest, Short
In Collection
#814
6*
Seen ItYes
(2/24/2017)
5060265150488
IMDB   6.8
10 mins Belgium / Silent
DVD  Region 1
Olaf Nollen Sebastian
Alexis Van Stratum
Moenen Erbuer
Emile Ringoot
Dirk Delcourt
Stijn Wuyts
Robrecht De Roock
Christph Dierickx
Jose Enrique Oña
Boris Cukon
Samuel Derous
Jochim Noels
David Collard
Sven Boklandt
Christoph Cogge
Kristof Delaere
Bert Houbrechts
Raf Dekkers
Pascal Placeman
Joop Haesen
Nico Bogaerts
Sven Sterken
Nathan Kennis
Raf Deckers
Christophe de Laere
Director/Choreographer
Bavo Defurne
Producer Bavo Defurne
Karel Doing
Writer/Composer Bavo Defurne
Cinematography Vincent Bal

Saint is a short black and white film without dialogue shot on Super-8, that portrays the martyrdom of St. Sebastian through evocative imagery and tone rather than concrete story detail.
Edition Details
Release Date 2017
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Location Personal Library - Defurne Short Film Collection
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon.com.uk
Condition New
Links ‡ Derek Jarman's "Sebastion"
Saint at Core for Movies
TheMovieDb.org
IMDB
References
IMDb Voters <500

Notes
Of the four film shorts in this Bavo Defurne collection, Saint was my least favorite -- A datasheet for Derek Jarman's film vision of Saint Sebastion's martyrdom may be found in Links section.