NOTHING YOU SAY MAKES SENSE

We follow the ambiguities of a character. To begin with, she lives in Bangkok, and she's a devout practitioner of Buddhism. During the day she is an executive. At night, her way of life is ambiguous. We’re never certain if she is an escort, a libertarian, an experimental psychologist. Later we discover something else about her.

  • Samuel E. Samore
    Director
    Mirror of Happiness, 2022
  • Sam Samore
    Writer
    Dead in Paris, 2021
  • Nam Bunmi
    Key Cast
    "No Name"
    First film
  • Francois Leturcq
    Editor
    Mirror of Happiness, 2022
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 14, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Thailand
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16.9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Samuel E. Samore

I have written four published collections of fairytales. Also exhibited paintings, photographs, and installations around the world. Besides many shorts, I have written and directed two feature length “artist films”: Hallucinations/Paradise, 2010 and Mirror of Happiness, 2022. I received a BA in Film /Television at San Francisco State University, and a MFA from the University of New Mexico.

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Director Statement

This film follows ideas from the Theatre of the Absurd - celebrating the sensibilities of such writers as Gertrude Stein and the stream of consciousness narratives of James Joyce. In cinema “Nothing You Say Makes Sense” continues in the footsteps of the pioneer Luis Buñuel. Recent examples of Magic Realism would include “The Lobster” by Yorgos Lanthimos, as well as the work of Brit Marling.