Back in 2009, I had the opportunity of reviewing Christopher Di Nuzino’s film “Livestock”. It was a film that I enjoyed a lot. Now fast forward to today, where he currently has a short film “Her Heart Still Beats” that is going to see distribution as an extra on the upcoming Independent Entertainment release “The Ripping”.
The film follows a man (Fiore Leo), who suddenly feels different when he looks at the eyes of his wife (Leighsa Burgin). The whole ordeal is starting to make him question everything in his relationship with her. He doesn’t know if he’s going paranoid or is there truth that she may have evil tendencies.
One of the reason that I enjoyed “Her Heart Still Beats” was the direction of writer/director Christpher Di Nuzino. His direction works so well because the film had a very dark and gloomy tone to it. It has the feel of an Edgar Poe Story, which the film is based on. It also helped that the film looked professionally shot. Di Nuzino along with his Cinematographer James Sullivan does a very good job making sure the look of the film fit with the film’s dark tone. It helped enhances the film’s dark aspects. This is one of the better looking short films that I’ve seen. Di Nuzino also did a very good job with the way he directs the performances. He makes sure that his cast had chemistry with each other. Both Fiore Leo and Leighsa Burgin did a very good job with the way that they approach their characters. They made them interesting, as they both worked very well with each other. The performances helped make the material work on screen.
Di Nuzino’s screenplay was also another reason that I liked this a lot. He does a very good job exploring the main character’s state of mind during the course of the film. I liked how everything wasn’t rushed. The screenplay takes its time developing the main character, as he descends into madness. By doing that it helped keep my interested, as I was interested in the character. The other thing that I liked about the story was the fact develops the main character and the story. Di Nuzino takes his time developing the main character relationship with his wife, so that it feels shocking when he goes into madness. It allows the film to have very gloomy tone, which is present throughout the story.
“Her Heart Still Beats” is a very effective thriller that keeps your interest through it story and very good direction from Christopher Di Nuzino. It should be checked out, when “The Ripping” DVD hits stores.
The film will be released as an extra on “The Ripping” DVD, which is scheduled for release on 11/19.
For more information on this film, you can visit the film’s official Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Her-Heart-Still-Beats
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