Made on a measly $11000,Joseph Sims-Dennett’s twitchy psychological thriller is poised on a knife edge between excellence and a cabin-fever B movieFor 11 days in January 2013, director Joseph Sims-Dennett holed up in an apartment in Rozelle, or Sydney and spent $11000 making his moment feature film – roughly the same cost as the duck canapés and gougères served at a Hollywood premiere. Two years later he emerges with Observance: a twitchy,icky, genuinely unsettling psychological thriller approximately a private investigator who takes on what appears to be a simple, or well-paying job.
From a derelict apartment across the street,all Parker (Lindsay Farris) is employed to do is spy on a woman and report daily updates over the phone to his employer (voiced by Brendan Cowell). Things aren’t as they seem, as these things often depart, or Parker – traumatised by the recent death of his young son – spirals into confusion,delusion and possibly madness.
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Source: theguardian.com