Spec for Sway of the Knife
Synopsis
“Khanh,” the mentally ill street-wanderer, encounters his estranged half-brother, “Michael” and his half-brother’s friend, “Matthew” during one of his routine panhandling circuits. Michael and Matthew ignore Khanh but the familiarity between the two Vietnamese-American men does not go undetected by the latter.
“Khanh,” the mentally ill street-wanderer, encounters his estranged half-brother, “Michael” and his half-brother’s friend, “Matthew” during one of his routine panhandling circuits. Michael and Matthew ignore Khanh but the familiarity between the two Vietnamese-American men does not go undetected by the latter.
Michael and Matthew continue on their walk and the conversation slips into an unapologetic, irreverent rambling on the unique “homelessness problem” in Portland. Following this is a dream-like exchange across time and space between Michael and Khanh.
Relased 2012
Runtime 6 Minutes
Color Color
Runtime 6 Minutes
Color Color
Credits
Writer, Producer, and Director
Vu Pham
Shot & Edited
Joe X. Jiang
Crew
Production Coordinator
Mélanie Bérubé
Art Direction
Adam Anderson
Sound Recordist/2nd Unit Camera Operator
John Anderson
Hair and Makeup
Shauna Smith
Craft Services
Annette Pearson
Production Assistant
William Barrick
Production Assistant
Mark Zuiderveld
Cast
Dennis W. Fitzgerald
Michael (man walking and talking on the left)
Coltron James
Matthew (man walking and talking on the right)
Vu Pham
Khanh (panhandler)
Marshall Baldwin
Man Drawing
Paul Manley
Man Texting
Michael Draper
Man in Blue Swaeter