CAMERA is a short film from Canadian director David Cronenberg that's about the film-making process itself. It's a brief little effort, effectively shot in somebody's kitchen, in which actor Leslie Carlson (who played the sinister company director in VIDEODROME) laments his loss of youth and talks about the disappointment of ageing.
Such mournful and quite tragic scenes are juxtaposed with the childish joy of a group of kids who get hold of a cinema camera and decide to make a movie. These scenes build to a crescendo of joy that gives the film a happy ending amid the tears. That it works is testament to the skill of unknown actor Carlson, who brings real poignancy to his role.
Such mournful and quite tragic scenes are juxtaposed with the childish joy of a group of kids who get hold of a cinema camera and decide to make a movie. These scenes build to a crescendo of joy that gives the film a happy ending amid the tears. That it works is testament to the skill of unknown actor Carlson, who brings real poignancy to his role.