{"id":26409,"date":"2017-09-24T00:06:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T04:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=26409"},"modified":"2017-09-24T00:07:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T04:07:27","slug":"yesterday-is-tomorrow-2017-horrible-imaginings-film-festival-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/24\/yesterday-is-tomorrow-2017-horrible-imaginings-film-festival-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday is Tomorrow (2017) [Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A mourning woman must confront her past and her dreams as they begin blurring and causing her much pain.<\/p>\n

Written and directed by James C. Shahanshah, this short takes on issues of grieving, regret, sadness, depression, and other mental issues. It tackles them fairly upfront and manages to make a film that is touching and emotional while also not over-doing any of it. The subtlety of the film and how it proceeds with the emotions at hand works great for this type of situation and message. The film does not skirt any part of the issues at hand, but it also does not go for too bluntly which is something that takes a mastering of storytelling and directing clearly shown here from James C. Shahanshah. He gives his leading lady the spotlight and doesn\u2019t force the gaze upon her but more like lets it rest upon her emotions. The film layers the lead\u2019s emotions to create something that becomes heavier and heavier as the runtime moves forward.<\/p>\n

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This lead is played by Rachel Alig who gives an emotionally charged performance that is central to the entire film. She is the one on screen for most of the film and her performance is very important. She\u2019s the one that shoulders the entire film\u2019s emotional impact and she is perfect in the part. She gives just the right amount of sadness, regrets, wanting a release, etc. She shows that she has mastered moving from one emotion to the next with a flow that is natural and nuanced. Her acting in Yesterdfay is Tomorrow is one of those anchoring performances that will mark viewers.<\/p>\n

Yesterday is Tomorrow has a look and feel of a waking nightmare with strong emotional impact. The cinematography by Brian Lang paired with the editing by Sam Khoze and enhanced by the score by Andi Kristins create the feeling of the film outside of the performance by Alig. The film\u2019s look and sound create this world where sadness and regret are pervasive and transfer these to the viewer by creating a strong ambiance.<\/p>\n

Yesterday is Tomorrow is a powerful short that shows the effects of regret and mourning on a woman who has reached a point in her life where she just cannot take anymore. The film is well shot, edited, scored, acted, written, and directed, giving it a well-rounded feel and a quality that is felt throughout with the emotional content being at the center of it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A mourning woman must confront her past and her dreams as they begin blurring and causing her much pain. Written and directed by James C. Shahanshah, this short takes on issues of grieving, regret, sadness, depression, and other mental issues. It tackles them fairly upfront and manages to make a film that is touching and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[477,501,703,938,1087],"class_list":["post-26409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-horror","tag-indie-film","tag-mystery","tag-short-film","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26411,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26409\/revisions\/26411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}