CINE-MAGIC :: the films

DIRT, SCARCITY AND THE EMPTINESS: 1999 / 10 minutes / Super-8 / B&W / click on above image to view film
This Super-8 short was shot by Geoff Haas at the Worthington, MN Turkey Day parade. Conceived as a slice of small town Americana, the film captures 2 year's worth of precision Shriner motorcycle action, with the additional element of a menacing clown atmosphere.

DAVID BLAIR TRAILER : 2000 / 4.5 minutes / Super-8 / B&W / click on above image to view film
This trailer for a never-completed documentary on outsider artist/musician David Blair is a compelling micro-documentary in its own right. One of the first pieces sent out as part of the Video Club, This trailer established an editing style and overall aesthetic for future Cine-Magic projects.

DALLAS: 2001 / 2 minutes / Super-8 / B&W / click on above image to view film
Conceived and shot as a one-man mise en scene by Joe Pickett. This Super-8 short of Joe's cat Chum performing his morning duties became the unlikely darling of several underground film festivals and was regrettably screened at the wedding of our good friend in a moment of Cine-Magic infamy.

EVEN THE ROMAN ARMY TRAVELED UPON IT'S STOMACH: 2001 / 10 minutes / Dual 32 / B&W / click on above image to view film
This film, inspired by true events, was shot simultaneously on two 16mm cameras and edited entirely in-camera. The film was premiered at a 2 Minute Film Trial competition by being projected in the Cine-Magic created format of Dual-32 (tandem 16mm projectors).

RULES OF GOLF FOR 1992 : 2001 / 2 minutes / Super-8 / B&W / click on above image to view film
Typically traveling alongside "Dallas" to several underground film festivals. ROGF92 was shot on Super-8 in true guerilla-style at a highway rest stop, pausing often to accommodate "customers". This film conveys without words a strange and hilarious encounter which is distinctly Cine-Magical.

SAVING HUMAN LIVES: 2001 / 4 minutes / 16mm / Color / click on above image to view film
One of the most successful and well-traveled films from Cine-Magic. SHL's won best short film at the 2003 Wisconsin Film Festival and traveled to festivals around the world. Shot twice (once on Super-8 and eventually on 16mm), the making of this film was a self-taught film school for several members of the group. Loading and operating cameras for the first time, to spectacular results. View Cine-Magic discuss SHL's on The Independent Film Channel HERE.

THE DAY ROBERT DENIRO MET JAMES CAAN : 2002 / minutes / Super-16 / Color / click on above image to view film site.
When these two icons of American cinema meet while mall walking the results are just as exciting as you might expect. This is a high concept thumbnail sketch of a film, that virtually challenges the audience to enjoy it.

GAS 'N FUEL: 2003 / 15 minutes / 3/4" Video / Color / click on above image to view film site.
A lovingly crafted ode to the mind-numbing corporate training video. Follow along as perky crew trainer (Shelly), indoctrinates the dim trainee (Chris), in the regimented duties of this fictitious convenience store/gas station. Intensive research and attention to detail make this an eerily accurate facsimile to the classic corporate training video.