ENTANGLEMENTING - An American Ending
Entanglementing sounds nothing like traditional opera, employing: electronic score; noise; volume; a solo Natural American vocal style.
Our story takes its initial cues from America’s 20th century bifurcated personality — private wars and public peace, democratic prose and foreign overthrows — and places that tension in the shape of a single man.
His dissonance reaches crisis point.
Don’t expect your average storytelling here.
Welcome to Entanglementing,
a narrative experiment
in sound and image.
ACT SUMMARIES
Entanglement… is to be entwined or ensnared abroad politically or militarily; or from quantum mechanics: when pairs of particles are generated concurrently, they behave not as separate units, but as a single ‘entwined’ unit; or it may be a fool’s errand.
Act 1 begins in the middle of things. A mysterious man of questionable intentions feels dark truths chewing at his skull. Gentle father? Raging lunatic? Hero or villain?
Act 2 splits his memory wide open unleashing monstrous deeds done for country. Palpable pain. A plan is devised: is his poison his antidote?
Act 3 sings science as ceremony: an incantation of division. Will two halves make him whole?
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credits
cast
Sam Genovese, Twin Children, Uma Arunachalam, Takako Manitoba
crew
Photography: Sara Kerr, Leila Weefur, Sam Genovese
Video Editing: Sam Genovese
Audio Mix/Master: Cory Gehrich
Music/Libretto: Sam Genovese
Production Year: 2020
Format: 4K Video, B&W, Sound
TRT: 55min
