love is the only master I'll serve is a symbolical art film (22') written and directed by Nicholas Lens.http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/films/detail.asp?fid=607- http://www.flandersimage.com/browse-films/detail/love-is-the-only-master-ill-serve- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0818686/?ref_=nm_flmg_com_2
Festival selections (World premiere) Brooklyn International Film Festival, New York City - June 2006 Media and Dance, Tokyo – Japan, 2006 Napolidanza, Italy, 2006 The American Dance Festival, United States, 2006 Media and Dance, Tokyo – Japan, 2020 (Best Selection)
Plot One entity, divided into two women, addresses himself to an imaginary love-god represented by a pipe-smoking child. The body and voice of the divided entity are used to utter a spectrum of opposed sensations - caused by the division - and heightened sensitiveness related to the subject. The divided entity is seeking a unification, which will not happen without the approval and support of the imaginary love-god.
Characters (Reference for this paragraph Festival program BIFF New York City 2006)http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/films/detail.asp?fid=607- http://www.flandersimage.com/browse-films/detail/love-is-the-only-master-ill-serve
The Whisper Kid, symbolizes a personalized love-god. she looks with a certain distance and neutrality at the two creatures who address themselves to her; her image is of pureness and young innocence; to cut across this well-spread definition she smokes a big curled hanging pipe; sometimes she blows and creates air bubbles of soap with the inhaled smoke; by these actions the child character reveals a mysterious, elusive background of her own timelessness, of someone who could possibly be aged but appears this time in a gentle, different form. Luna, a human female mortal addressing herself indirectly (and sometimes directly) to the imaginary love-god. she figures as a sculpture, perplexed by the whisper kid, but finally she looks straight in a static camera while she sings her ode to love, she expresses her devotion to the subject ("love is the only master I'll serve") by her self-chosen verbal communication; her body almost does not move, we only see a severe, sometimes frightened, sometimes completely desperate-for-love face expression. Serena, a human female mortal, addresses herself indirectly (and sometimes directly) to the imaginary love-god. she communicates her devotion to the subject by physical expression; she dances, using a whole spectrum of facial and body statements, interrupted with spasmodic blitzes of short falling moves and/or like electric shocks, like face and body are crying of pain and uncontrolled passion originated by the subject (as it appears sometimes when long periods of a constant energetic and inner peaceful mood is suddenly effected from outside, unexpectedly and on first sight unnecessary, like the pain of a needle in a body which is in a gentle, lovely sleeping state, a pain, abrupt and short, but more hurting, much deeper as one isn’t prepared for it).
Credits Production Written and directed by Nicholas Lens
Cast Louise Peterhoff - Serena Claron McFadden - Luna Clara-Lane Lens - The Whisper Kid
Crew Photography and camera - Renaat Lambeets Choreography - Louise Peterhoff Music and libretto - Nicholas Lens Art director - Pierre-François Limbosch Editing - Simone Rau Additional editing - Stefan Rijcken Location - Karnak room, Axel Vervoordt, Wijnegem, Belgium Shooting days - April 16–17, 2005 Executive producer - Brigitte Baudine Presented by Tabaran Company Produced by Nicholas LensFestival program BIFF New York City 2006
Soundtrack Music production: The Accacha Chronicles 3rd part, Amor Aeternus - Hymns of Love, Nicholas Lens
Soloists Claron McFadden, Ian Honeyman, Henk Lauwers, Derek Lee Ragin, Elka Simeonova, Galya Haralambieva, Paul Gérimon, Clara-Lane Lens, Angelite -Bulgarian Voices
Recording and mixing Acoustic studios - Sofia, Tabaran Studio - Brussels, ICP - Brussels, Villaïda - Casablanca, Bleu Nuit - Brussels, villalou - Cape Town Distributed by Sony BMG Classics (CD 82876 66238 2, 2005) Published by Schott Music International, Mainz/New York City
References
External links Biff, New York
Internet Movie Database