Gretel Redux
This narrative in an animated retelling of Gretel, a dark fable shot on location in the Driftless region of Wisconsin in 2012. This rotoscoped interpretation is a psychological tale about survival and madness, as two young children struggle to make their way out of a vast and threatening wilderness.
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Thomas MuschitzDirectorGretel, Petty Cash, Destroy All Humans
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James BaranyDirectorAurora, Let the Children Come To Me, My Most Important Self-Portrait
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Thomas MuschitzWriterGretel, Petty Cash, Destroy All Humans
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James BaranyProducerAurora, Let the Children Come To Me, My Most Important Self-Portrait
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Maya MuschitzKey Cast"Maya"
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Thomas MuschitzKey Cast"Thomas"
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Edy CullenKey Cast"Mother"
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Sean McKennaKey Cast"Father"
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Karim PattersonKey Cast"Doctor"
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Nikki FarceKey Cast"Miss Margaret (older Maya)"
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Anthony WoodKey Cast"Rudolph Steiner"
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Tom CrawfordKey Cast"Woodsman"
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Project Type:Animation, Experimental, Short
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Genres:Psychological Thriller, Dark Fable, Horror, Rotoscoped, Animation
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Runtime:37 minutes
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Completion Date:January 26, 2023
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Production Budget:1,500 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital HD
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Thomas Muschitz and James Barany have a long friendship that goes back to their undergraduate days, when they were both enrolled at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in the late 80's. Their friendship would continue to blossom over the next several decades. This is just one of their many, many collaborations incorporating their creative love of cinema, performance and narrative.
Gretel Redux (by James Barany - 2023) is a synoptic, transformative retelling of Gretel (by Thomas Muschitz - 2012). The original Gretel was a feature length dark fable shot entirely on location in the Driftless region of Wisconsin. This new animated and rotoscoped retelling focuses specifically on the psychological tale embedded within the larger story of Gretel. It is about the duality of survival and madness as two young children struggle to make their way out of a vast and threatening wilderness. In many regards this work functions like an exquisite corpse, with both Muschitz and Barany leaving their unapologetic mark for the other.