SHORT CIRCUIT FILM

Plastic

dir. Ethan Feldbau

19:25 minutes

The fantastic cautionary tale of a neglected special education student, who spends his adolescence reshaping himself to be more like the bullies of his childhood. This experimental “camp tragedy” explores the ties between events of his past and his symbolic actions in the present, giving indication that those wounded in youth endlessly seek redemption. By mixing psychoanalysis with camp style and expressionist imagery, Plastic is a poetic fable that is both informative, and utterly entrancing.

About Ethan Feldbau

Ethan Feldbau is an artist and filmmaker residing in Los Angeles, CA.  After graduating Emerson College, he’s pursued a uniquely diverse career path, working as a production designer, visual effects artist, and director.  With a taste for outlandish and sumptuous visuals, all areas of expertise share in a quest to push design and detail to the fullest. Recent works in the realm of production design include collaborations with Foster the People, Moby, Alice in Chains, Mika and Kavinsky; including the Grammy nominated Houdini video for Foster the People.  Other notable work includes the music video Parents by artist Lee Noble which he wrote, directed, and designed and which was featured as a Vimeo Staff-Pick.  You can also see his motion graphics and design skills at work in the Academy Award nominated film American Hustle.  He is currently in work on a new, art-intensive short film; a return to his interests in smaller, more personal filmmaking.  http://ethanfeldbau.com/