Death Parts Us

Based loosely on a character from "Call of Cthuhlu", "Death Parts Us" explores nostalgia's relationship to grief. After losing his wife, Henry turns to an old power to bring her back, only to find that “when we mourn our losses, we also mourn ourselves” and that nostalgia comes at the sacrifice of sanity.

  • Anatasha Blakely
    Director
    Inch Thick, Knee Deep
  • Jacob Sorling
    Director
  • Anatasha Blakely
    Writer
    Inch Thick, Knee Deep
  • Jacob Sorling
    Writer
  • Aaron Blakely
    Producer
  • Li Huang
    Producer
  • Jacob Sorling
    Key Cast
    "H. A. Wilcox. "
  • Bonnie Dolan
    Key Cast
    "The Wife"
  • Samuel Ott
    Crew
  • Brayan Murillo
    Crew
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 7, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Filmquest
    Provo, UT
    October 2022
Director Biography - Anatasha Blakely, Jacob Sorling

Anatasha Blakely is an Asian American actor, writer, and director from Orem, Utah. Her first film "Inch Thick, Knee Deep" premiered at the Chinese Theatre for Screamfest and won awards at Filmquest and HauntedHouse Fear Fest. She studied at Southern Utah University (BFA- Classical Acting), iO West (Improv Comedy), The School for Theatre Creators, and Clown Church. Anatasha is part of an L.A. based improv ensemble called Stormchaser (@stormchaserla) and a comedy duo, Buddy Puzzle (@buddypuzzle). Between the two teams she’s done about 800 improv shows in the last six years. (@anatashablakely)

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Director Statement

“Death Parts Us” is based loosely on a character from Call of Cthuhlu.
I set out to make a film about nostalgia on 16mm and found Lovecraft to be the perfect springboard.
Death is incomprehensible. We can’t understand death and if we could perhaps we’d go mad.
Nostalgia is tied to grief. We long for some past, that like a dead loved one, is gone forever.
No one put it better than Joan Didion. We are “so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn for better or for worse, ourselves.” Our past self is always dying, leaving someone new in its place.
I hope this film serves as a visual poem that touches on the fear and utter horror we feel when we realize how unequipped we are to handle the nihilistic universe. Madness is the only option in Lovecraft’s world… and our own.