Western Short Film - LILITH
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Lilith. (With optional Closed Captions). Starring Mark Mitten, Dawn Bower, and James O'Hagan-Murphy. Filmed in Gold Hill and Boulder, Colorado. A Rock Rose Entertainment Short Film Production. Directed by Erin Kelly and Jesse McDonald. Visit mittenmark.com.
Official Selection:
Cheyenne International Film Festival (2010)
Independent Colorado Cinema Experience (2010)
Watch it on Rumble, in the widescreen aspect ratio:
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This is probably my favorite short film so far and trust me, I’ve watched about 1000 of these.
Thank you for saying that!
😎🤠👍
A kindness i would not expect of Lilith
indeed👍
💀..Mmmm..LOOVED THIS!!.., And, thee Beautiful Cello, MAGNIFIQUE !!! THANK YOU, for Sharing..🌹💕
Much appreciated!
Compelling!! The colors, snow, sepia tones are well done!!! Antagonistic plays one note throughout. He needs to be effected by the protagonist as she proves that she knows cards, no matter how he tries to foil her. That is the way the dramatic tension and the stakes can escalate.
OMG!!!!!! WHAT A MASTERPIECE!!!! THE ACTING, music, suspense, acting, the scenery! OMG, this is a masterpiece!!!!!!! WOW!!!!
THANKS, snow winter. This was an awesome proj to be a part of as an actor.
I'm impressed by the high production quality, unusual for a short feature. Little details, like the lighting, stand out. And the acting is crisp.
Really appreciate that positive feedback, Frank. Thank you. This was a rock solid project.
What a great movie and enjoyed the twist at the end of the movie. Hopefully maybe you can get the financing and do something again as good as this thank you.
Many thanks, amigo. It's tough to get traction with an indie film, so I'm glad to know people like you are watching and enjoying this, as much as they are. The west will never die...
I don’t understand you people who criticise these things, they’re free to watch, they’re as good or better than some stuff you pay for, they’re short and direct…
You talk about accents, sheesh, seriously,
My one tiny critique as it were, would be the cello was too loud during the table interaction……
Thank ya kindly!
Thank you very much for your reply! I will check that out. I have only recently began watching these short story videos on UA-cam. I enjoy your work!
Near the end, I realized 'the Lilith'- that she was supposed to be. Very creative.
Lilith (/ˈlɪlɪθ/; Hebrew: לִילִית Lîlîṯ) is a figure in Jewish mythology, developed earliest in the Babylonian Talmud (3rd to 5th century AD). Lilith is often envisioned as a dangerous demon of the night, who is sexually wanton, and who steals babies in the darkness.[1] Lilith may be linked in part to a historically earlier class of female demons (lilītu) in ancient Mesopotamian religion, found in cuneiform texts of Sumer, the Akkadian Empire, Assyria, and Babylonia.
Excellent piece of work 👌 .
Thank you! 👍👍
This deserves 10 times as man views as it has now.
I’ve worked many low/no budget, non-union small films like this one and can tell you firsthand what a struggle it is to get one of these made and published for public view.
Most of them are extremely low budget, most expenses paid out-of-pocket by the persons whose vision it was, actors and crew usually working for free and most often just weekends as everyone has a day job or school. Props, locations and costumes are whatever is available for least cost. Music and some general scenery shots may be rented from an online library, the set/stage where interiors are shot might be on a stage at the local community college or in someone’s basement. I worked on a 16 minute horror film that was shot entirely in the producer’s garage.
SO GIVE THESE FOLKS A BREAK for crying out loud. Stop nitpicking just so y’all can show us how observant you are.
These are films made by folks who truly love filmmaking. When it comes down to it, it’s still about the story idea, not the miscellaneous mistakes that were bound to happen. The story told here was excellent.
I am very proud of this film. Lots of sweat, blood and tears went into this...and a lot of honest creativity and genuine depth of expression. Thanks for speaking up!
Not bad.
Very well done. Great dialogue. Amazing and perfectly fitting musical score. Professional cinematography. Hollywood-worthy acting.
Greatly appreciate your kind words. Thanks, and be sure to share this film with your circle. Take care!
Seems to say not to underestimate some one you don't really know. Or overestimate yourself. Well done. Well acted and written.
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This was a very good film. Very well done. Good story.
Thank you!
@@MarkMitten Very deep message.
I never comment on these things, and I watch a million of them too. That was really good Mark. I cannot believe this has only gotten 12.8K views.
Thanks for saying that, Daniel. Means a lot.
-Mark
Well pass the Good Word on my Friend - Nuthin' like Word of Mouth (or typed keyboard message!) To garner Interest in these Classy lil' Shorts, Suh.
😉👍☘POD ✌🙂
Slow-crawl start, but 3 years in, we're baring down on 200,000 views. I GREATLY appreciate everyone who has watched this film. I'm proud of it, and glad to share it with the world. Given the general competitiveness of the film festival circuit, it barely made a dent when we first released it, in 2010. It only screened at a couple places, so this is a fantastic way to reach an audience. Enjoy and share, my friends.
That was different. Kept my attention to the end.
Amazing job! The accent does not matter as the film still evoked catharsis. 10/10 will recommend. This deserves to be a series or perhaps full length film!
Agreed! Many thanks for the kind comments, and I'm glad you enjoyed the film. Greatly appreciated.
~Mark
Well I guess she proved she is not a fake, great movie short
I liked this but I need to watch it again when I'm not so tired.
Did you watch it a second time? :)
I liked this short film, Colorado for sure, good acting, really good period correctness, well maybe not sure about the knit sweater, but very high quality, loved it.
wonderful
A frightening but extremely well done movie.
Thanks a lot for uploading and sharing.
Glad you liked it!
Very well done! Thank you for posting this!
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The Lt.'s stressing of a non-existent 'h' in words that start with 'w' made me think of Stewie from Family Guy every time he did it.
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Lmao cool whip
@@angelaanglin6762 I was just about to comment that😀 you beat me to it lol 😀
Outstanding!!!
Very well done piece. Great atmosphere and setting. The story reminded me of the work of Ambrose Bierce. Thanks for sharing it. Best of luck in the future.
+KifaruRed Thank you so much for the kind words.
KifaruRed I thought the SAME THING regarding Bierce!! I love his work and have read it all. I would actually love to see more of his short war stories in action. So good. Funny to have had the same but rare thought!
So the ring in the ashes was from the client before the confederate Lieutenant 🤔..This would be a full length movie that I would definitely watch..
Good eye! And maybe we can get some producers on board to finance a feature length version...it can happen, with more comments like this. THANKS!
The ring would have melted; it was a bit weird...
This, This is by far the best short film I've seen, definitely sharing!
Now, how's about some welcomin' spirits for a h-weary travella'
~Mark
Very well done and an interesting twist to a well-known archetype. i am impressed, and at my age that's not easy to do..
Thank you! Much appreciated.
I'm a girl in the UK who loves western's. I have not been into short films all that long but the more I watch them the more I love them. This short film is fantastic, full of suspense, acting was great, music intrigued me and left me wanting to hear more. Charlotte was brilliant. Very well done guys absolutely loved it ☺x
Thank you so much, Leigh, we appreciate your kind review!
This not a western just stupid.
Wow!! That was Beautiful in it's own Sweet way. Thanks for posting this and hat's off to the actors and the makers of this movie
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Thanks for uploading this episode.
Liked this- Biblical references often appear in speeches or themes in Westerns, this one had an actual Biblical Mythical person in it - even though the accent was a bit over the top, really Liked Mark Mitten, the hunting Lt. - hope to see him in other projects
Thank you, kindly. It was a great project to be a part of, and the writers put in the effort to craft a unique and well-thought story.
ABSOLUTELY LUV HIS WAY OF TALK THE ACCENT SPOT ON WITH THE RIDER LUV HIM
unlike any western film I've ever seen..interesting to say the least.
Well done! Brilliantly executed, I do enjoy a good western. Thank you.
Most enjoyable. I dare say you have spawned a western version of An American Horror Story.
"Now here is where your little fairy tale falls apart, I'm afraid..."
THANKS amigo!
Awesome,thanx for this piece.
Glad you liked it.
"Now, here is where your little fairy tale falls apart, I'm afraid..."
-Lt. Thomas Stillwell
Exceptional,
Sci -fi
Outstanding!! One of the shorts I have seen,...kudos 👍😍
THANKS yeti! Your comment is very much appreciated.
They didn't make those kinds of sweaters back in those days! Looks like a brand from J.C. Penny's or Marshall's! great story and acting, Need more of these short-films dedicated to the art of film making!!
Good eye, Dixon. The cable knit style was originally designed in the UK in the early 1900s, and marketed in the US in the 1950s--a maritime/sea-farer motif. LILITH takes place around 1864, during the Civil War era. Like all things indie, we had a tight budget to work with, thus the sub-par sweater choice. Overall, I am glad you liked the film. Thanks!
@@MarkMitten You're welcome!! Good luck to you in the business!!
@@MarkMitten Just promise to never lose sight of your dream..... Nothing like living a dream deferred!!
No, but it looks like it could be a home knit item.
100,000 views!! February 2020--exactly 10 years to the month since we shot this western film (Feb 2010). Thanks everyone for watching, it has been a pleasure to share this film with you all. "What a silly imagination you have, young lady. It's quite an act, I'll give you that." --Lt. Thomas Stillwell, Special Tasks, Confederate Armed Forces, Virginia
You sir, gave this film a proper scene chewing performance, and significantly improved upon the pedestrian script.
🎭🤠 "Oklahoma Tom, to my friends and custuma's..."
Still holds its own, 👍 charlotte! Lilith? Read some comments shed some light I guess 🤷♂️ but never ever heard of a Lilith being Adams 1st wife 🙄 so that was perplexing but a good watch nonetheless! Also perplexing are some comments but them sad sacs show up everywhere 🤦♂️ prettier actress? Bad acting, not a proper southern draw! 😳 lol etc!!! Idiots! 💥✋ decade late to the party , but felt compelled to throw my 2cent in 🤪 ✌️🤙
@@rawbsworld6604 Now...how about some welcomin' spirits for a weary travela'
I liked this well done.
"Ah em Lt. Thomas Stillwell, (but yo'all can just call me Dusty......)" You just can't beat an over faked Southern drawl. Great show, good watch.
Well done short film.
Loved it!
Continuity,@16:14 Stillwell cocked the gun, after that the gun is not cocked.😎
Fantastic! Very well done.
That was great, :)
Thank ya kindly
Excellent done short, thank you. MB
Back ground music stirred me up. 😌
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Excellent
I'm also a Music Artist and I really enjoyed your music esp Mexico well done sir.
👏👏👏👏👏 Awesome job!!!!!
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Other than the guy trying to do a Leo Decapro impression, it was pretty good.
Hi John. We actually filmed this in February 2010...two years before Django Unchained came out. I remember watching DiCaprio, and thinking he ripped off my performance! Thanks for watching.
--Mark
Now that was damn good.
Appreciate the good words. Thank you for watching.
Liked that the snow had disappeared in the last scene, and Spring was nigh. The grass was in seed and the wildflowers in early bloom.
:) time is not linear... in Someone´s mind :)
@@monicahummingbird
Yes indeed. E=MCsq :)
To me it signified that wherever she went, she caused the seasons to show their best.
I watched it 3 times, and each time more things came through about the story.
Quite enjoyed this.
Really great job!
I thought Mitten did a fine job! Kept my interest entire time. Well done!!!
good movie
And that's how little red riding hood came to be. 😁
excellent,,
Very good, I quite enjoyed it. Not sure about those accents, but the writing was good and the acting very good as well.
Thanks!
Interesting premise, though the dialogue was over the top. First time I watched it all the way through, I couldn't hear half of what Lilith was saying (sure could here the music, though!). I had to go back and put on closed captions to find out what she said after the gunplay. That should never have to happen.
I also had trouble making out a lot of the dialogue. But I was also hanging on every word!
🎉🍿🎊Entertaining🎭🎬🎥
Damn good!!!!!!!!!
"Son, it seems you have somethin' of a reputation developin' hee-ya."
Lillith the blood drinker hath come, Lillith the destroyer of men hath come.
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This is tremendous, I only wish it was a higher resolution upload... in the correct aspect ratio.
Glad you liked it! If you want to see the correct aspect ratio, it's on Rumble:
rumble.com/ve52gb-lilith-western-film.html
@@MarkMitten
Thank you I'll do that
That was cool kept my attention the whole time.
Cool Whhip.
Say cool. Cool. Say whip. Whip. Now, say CoolWhip. Coolwhhhip.
I hear she is still roaming the woods to this day.
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Now that's what I'm talkin' bout.
Impressive,did seeking long to have a perspective of what Lilith means,for Astrology,and the perspective in this short film I did found it true to the core of subtle magica of woman
Dramático!
👍Thank you!!👍
does anyone have any tips on making a western short film? Currently in pre-production..
I'd say avoid overused western tropes, campy vibes, and focus on writing quality. All the best!
To make your film good and realistic you have to hire bunch of yellow teeth men and ugly women to play as prostitute and the cowboys..
I Jacked Toe Productions Talk about what you lost...girl, dog, truck, treasure, kids, and blame it on drink, guns, gambling, and prostitutes. Perfect cowboy story.
Well done. Everything looked period-correct except for the Remington double derringer. Those weren't manufactured before 1866.
This was set in post Civil War, so the derringer could fit.
The plastic manufactur ring around the whiskey bottle rim is just a tad out of date😂
Wow you really are an observant egg head you??Haha still if you persue the level of perfection you expect from others it's forgivable even though anally retentive.
That's a very nice, and dare I say modern-looking, jumper he has on.
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She was supposed to be the first wife of Adam and was cursed
Of course truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. What have we learned by this story?
Indeed. 👁️🎭💀💪🌱🌏🌠🐴
Cool.
Closed Captions are now available.
How true accents determines region where you from..
It's a gift are you scared ...I am. Ashes you shall you return..
I am confused. Didn't she get addressed as Charlotte in the whole film? What did I miss?
There is an apocryphal myth about Adam & Eve, about a second woman created named Lilith, who represents evil...
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@@MarkMitten Ok, but I am still not sure how I am supposed to get that inference in the context of the film. My question isn't a criticism of the film; I enjoyed it very much. I just don't understand how it got its title. There just doesn't seem to be a direct correlation between Charlotte and Lilith. I could have missed it though.
@@dougsholly9323 It was subtle, but the clues are there.
I will tell you a little more, with a SPOILER ALERT for other watchers.....
@@dougsholly9323 What if there was an immortal woman named "Lilith" who had some kind of mystical powers. She had been walking the Earth since time began. Perhaps she took on a new identity in every generation, to hide the truth. In the Civil War era, perhaps this Lilith creature took on the identity of Charlotte, the Fortune Teller. She took life quietly, perhaps to survive, or perhaps because of her nature, and her companion Rueben never realized what was happening. Sometimes clients went inside for a private visit, and disappeared. Like when he dumped out a pail of ashes, and found a ring inside. From an unlucky traveler? Rueben thought her ability to read minds and play card tricks was just that...a trick. But she had a real power. And she used it from time to time...especially when a Confederate Lt. stumbled upon her "act" in his pursuit of an army deserter, only to get too close to realizing her secret.
@@dougsholly9323 In the context of the film, look for clues. For instance, notice the JR Connor quotation at the beginning. And the Lieutenant's description of Charlotte's act when he unfolds the small poster and shows the bartender--her "act" includes supernatural elements. "Visions of life, death and other absurdities." Notice the pail of ashes that Rueben dumps out at the beginning, discovering a gold ring, and wondering how it got there.
Poor quality but its really interesting movie. I guess this quality is about make it looks like old western. Well done.
Awesome performance yours, Mark.
Thank you, good sir. 👍 Greatly appreciated.
Did anyone notice immediately following the hammer being pulled back into firing position, it is at rest in the non-firing position in the very next scene?
However, I did enjoy the 'magic'.
Good catch on continuity! Glad you liked it, that was definitely the goal.
I did like it. Watched 4 times. Thanks for posting.
Delmus Ingle - 4 times, that is awesome. This was a great project, in terms of production, writing, and character portrayal... it was fun to be a part of, and the best part is hearing that people watch it, and enjoy it. Share it with anyone you know who likes westerns. Thanks!
-Mark
Yes! I am a black powder shooter, and I noticed it right away!
little house guy,,,, Great ! There were a few other things I noticed, but I cannot remember at this time. But that was the most obvious. It was a really great work of thought and execution. I envisioned it going on to the next victim ....
There is another wester short called "The Gunfighter" I am sure you will enjoy. ua-cam.com/video/TXfltmzRG-g/v-deo.html
I disagree with some of the comments about accent. They may not be true to life but I could care less. Stilwell's voice was so odd I found it compelling. I enjoyed the story but not the ending.
Thanks for saying all this. Creative choices are always risky, but that's how you make magic. Good stuff!
CC would be helpful for those of us with hearing difficulties
Mark Mitten
Done! "Lilith" now has closed captions / subtitles. All you have to do is hit the CC button on the video to activate them. Thanks for the advice, Karl. Great idea!
@@MarkMitten THANK YOU!!
You managed to kill off the best actor. Nice.
Performing a death scene is not easy. You gotta give it to the best actor :)
Lilith, the female demon.....interesting.
Some of the camera angles the pistol isn’t cocked!!!!
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good
Uhh..that was kinda weird. Still way better than Hollywood crap.
Yee haw that was straight up Two Gun Bob / Robert E. Howard style horror. Who wrote this here tale?
Needs a 3× speed setting
I must admit that it is pretty difficult persevering with this because the Dude with the money is so bloody obnoxious! Certainly creates the atmosphere of the original Victorian 'Lilith' novel.
Little Red Riding Hood walking across the fields of Venice! Seriously, this is a bloody good Film! :-)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith_(novel)
ua-cam.com/video/6C-Y3oX5PyQ/v-deo.html
I don’t think pullover sweaters were used back then.
goofee western
Audio was poor due to low levels combined with soft tones and unusual accents.
LOL!
What the hell do you mean "unusual accents", they nailed the Southern accent beautifully.
@@cryhavoc9748 Thanks for saying that. We put in a lot of effort.
@@MarkMitten And the charm,Very Anglo.