Murder in Passing
Murder in Passing is a Canadian short film series directed by John Greyson,[1] which was broadcast as a series of 42 30-second episodes through January and February 2013 on Pattison Outdoor Advertising's video screens in the Toronto Transit Commission's subway system.[2]
The series stars Alexander Chapman as Epicene, a transgender detective investigating the murder of Mars Brito (Chase Joynt), a bike courier, in the fictional town of Passing, British Columbia.[1] The cast also includes Guillermo Verdecchia, Arsinée Khanjian, Moynan King and Nina Arsenault.[3]
The series was commissioned in 2007 as an outgrowth of the Toronto Urban Film Festival, an annual event in which Pattison screens one-minute short works by artists and filmmakers on its network of subway video screens.[2] The episodes were also distributed as a web series,[2] additional clues to the mystery were published via Twitter and in the Toronto edition of Metro,[3] and Greyson indicated plans to expand it into a feature film.[2] In the web series edition, each episode is followed by a 30-second opera aria, written by David Wall, which also shares clues to the murder.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "TTC offers new platform for mystery". Toronto Star, January 7, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "High drama for commuters". The Globe and Mail, February 12, 2013.
- ^ a b "Film prof's 'whodunit' Murder in Passing captivates Toronto commuters". yFile, February 6, 2013.
- ^ "Murder in Passing: Transmedia on the Toronto Subway". Filmmaker, January 7, 2013.