In the Same Room

In the Same Room 2014 is an exercise in creating a mood of uncertainty and suspense rather than telling a coherent story A disconcerting atmosphere is achieved here largely through sound designed by Timothy Nelson and mixed with manipulation of preexisting film sounds The films title came from Walter Benjamins essay The Storyteller Reflections on the Works of Nikolai Leskov 1936 A friend of mine opened the essay at a random page closed her eyes and pointed to the following sentence The resident master craftsman and the travelling journeyman worked together in the same rooms