Calista Kazuko 'Benzo Belle' by Thomas James Linton & Philip Reinking
Rob Ulitski - 14th Oct 2020
Roll up, roll up - the circus has come to town! Thomas James Linton and Philip Reinking invite you into a weird and wonderful world, in their video for Calista Kazuko.
Calista plays ringmistress to tell the story of our heroine, Benzo Belle, and the circus her life has become.
Depreciated in a loveless marriage, a monotonous carousel existence, delusional and exhausted, self-medicating to numb the pain. Will she escape this Stepford Wife-like prison and live out her fantasies to run away with the circus?
The ambitious video has a highly stylised and fantasy-based aesthetic, incorporating a variety of otherworldly set pieces. Like a fairytale unfolding in an existential, Twilight Zone reality, the feeling of entrapment is bubbling under the surface in every scene, aided by Reinking's dreamlike cinematography and Linton's eye for performance.
Rob Ulitski - 14th Oct 2020
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Thomas James Linton
- Director
- PR
- Producer
- Thomas James Linton
- Producer
- PR
- Producer
- Calista Georget
- Executive Producer
- Thomas Linton / Philip Reinking / Calista Georget
- 1st AD
- Alena Shen
Camera
- Director of Photography
- PR
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Małgorzata Maria Prońko
Art
- Art Director
- Alena Shen
Wardrobe
- Hair & Make-up
- Giusi Belmonte
- Hair & Make-up
- Fanny Burgos
- Wardrobe
- George Thompson
Editorial
Grading
- Colourist
- Rosie Badder
VFX
Commission
- Commissioner
- Calista Georget
- Label
- Ichi Ni Records
Other credits
2nd Camera
Małgorzata Maria Prońko
Cast
Calista Kazuko, Gareth Jones, Charlie Bicknell, Jamie Double, Maymie Alford
Birdy Ring & Jewellery
Velvet Eccentric
Many Thanks
National Theatre Costume Department
Rob Ulitski - 14th Oct 2020