Ink (Film)
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Ink (USA) is a 2009 Science Fiction Fantasy film, written and directed by Jamin Winans, starring Chris Kelly and Jessica Duffy. It was produced by Winans's own independent production company, Double Edge Films, with Kiowa K. Winans, and shot by cinematographer Jeff Pointer in locations around Denver. The film premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on January 23, 2009[2], and has screened in Denver, the Cancun Film Festival, Rams Head Onstage in Annapolis and in a number of independent movie houses in cities around the US.
Plot
The film follows the journey of eight year old Emma (Quinn Hunchar), who falls into a coma after she is kidnapped into a dreamworld by a mysterious monster, a drifter, called Ink. In the real world Emma is hospitalized by the coma, but in the dreamworld she is being used by Ink as a "pawn in a metaphysical war being fought between the forces of light and darkness."[3] The forces of light are a group of people who give dreams to the living, known as storytellers, warriors, fighters, navigators and pathfinders. The forces of darkness, the Incubi, concurrently give nightmares to the living and are styled after the mythological figure called Incubus. Emma's only hope lies within her negligent father (Chris Kelly), a successful business man, as the forces of light cross over to the real world and try to alter his path to save Emma.[4]
Winans' Collaboration
Both Jamin Winans and Kiowa Winans contributed multiple roles in making Ink additional to both being credited as Executive Producers. Jamin wrote, directed and edited, as well as composed the original soundtrack for the film, while Kiowa is credited for the Art Direction, Costume Design and Sound Design.
Distribution
As to date no big studio picked up the movie for theatrical and home distribution, Double Edge Films pitched the movie directly to independent cinemas and also saw to the DVD, Blu-ray and online distribution themselves. DVD and Blu-ray copies of the movie are sold directly via the company's website starting from October 30, 2009 and are sold at retail stores starting November 10, 2009, as well as downloads at Video on demand stores.[5] According to TorrentFreak, a file sharing news site, Ink was downloaded via BitTorrent 400.000 times in a single week and exposed the film to a large audience, leading to higher DVD and Blu-ray sales in return.[6] Jamin and Kiowa Winans wrote in their newsletter that they had "embraced the piracy" and are "happy Ink is getting unprecedented exposure."[6]
Reception
Due to its limited release and distribution, there aren't many critiques available, however those available are positive. Critics Robert Abele (Los Angeles Times) and Lisa Kennedy (Denver Post) both rank it positively, and the film scores a 93% average with the Rotten Tomatoes community.[7][8]
References
- ↑ Filmmakers Jamin Winans and Kiowa Winans on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage
- ↑ Santa Barbara Independent Article on Ink Premiere
- ↑ Double Edge Films
- ↑ Adapted from IMDB Plot Summary of Ink
- ↑ Kiowa K. Winans: INK on DVD and Blu-ray: Our Release Strategy in 5 Steps. In: Double Edge Films blog. 19. Oktober 2009, abgerufen am 5. November 2009.
- ↑ a b Indie Movie Explodes on BitTorrent, Makers Bless Piracy. torrentfreak.com, abgerufen am 12. November 2009.
- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes reviews on Ink
- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes community on Ink