So Sad We Fall

So Sad We Fall by Luca Foggini

Harold McKerrow is a boorish, middle-aged man. He leads a perfectly humdrum life, mostly sitting around in his apartment and watching TV. He decides to start writing his last words so that he might have something pithy and profound to say before he dies. Many years later, Harold finishes his last words and sends a letter detailing his search for the perfect last words to a shady character in France. The Frenchman offers him an art gallery in which Harold will present his last words. Harold plans to kill himself after he presents his last words. Harold boards a plane to France. The plane crashes midway through the flight, leaving Harold as the only survivor. He is severely wounded and is approached by several locals from a nearby village. Knowing he will die, Harold tries desperately to tell them his last words. They do not understand him as they do not speak English and Harold dies, unfulfilled.

Speaking about So Sad We Fall film director Luca Foggini says: “I have been mulling this idea over for a while. I’ve written the plot into a couple unfinished short stories and decided to make it for a school project. It was made over the course of two months, using Final Cut 10 and a Nikon DSLR. I didn’t draw out a storyboard or write a shot-list as I wanted the film to be fluid. ‘Being There’ by Hal Ashby inspired me with it’s ironic use of stock footage, as well as ‘Atomic Cafe.’ ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’ also inspired some of the animation techniques, as well as Kangmin Kin’s ’38-39°C.'”