Here’s a twisted little slice of end-of-the-world insanity! I just came across an upcoming indie titled STRAW MAN and couldn’t help admiring the brave originality of its plot. I’m also a fan of its “classic creepy” teaser poster to the right. I wonder what you guys will think of its freaky-deaky synosis. Let’s get to it:
One man, a lone soul is the last of an empty world. To combat the loneliness of isolation he surrounds himself with people made out of straw, hand-crafted and molded from faded memories of friends and family. They offer little in the way of company yet they hold insanity at bay.
This Lone Man is a contradiction, his rambling thoughts battling against his need for structure and routine. In his quest for normality he spends each day teaching pupils, reading to them from the classics as they stare back at him with blank, featureless faces. But when the line between reality and fantasy is blurred by madness his ordered life is sent into a downward spiral.
Why do the straw people stare at him with blind judgment?
What are the children trying to tell him?
Who is the beautiful woman who has shown up out of nowhere… and does she offer salvation or death?
There’s some deep, whacked out stuff. It sort of seems like a more frightening version of CAST AWAY. Instead of conversing with “Wilson”, this Lone Man has got “Straw People”. I’m kinda diggin’ it! However, I’ll probably have to wait some time before I get to see it. STRAW is currently in pre-production in the UK. At least first-time director Andrew Barker (who co-wrote the script with Garry Charles) already has his cast: Leslie Simpson is playing the “Lone Man” and Axelle Carolyn (below) is playing the “Beautiful Woman”.
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