Involuntary Conversion

Synopsis

This apocalyptic linguistic comedy meditates on the relationship between language, meaning and social decay and is scripted from "double-speak" language found in a variety of media sources. Drawing its title from the Pentagon's term for crash, Involuntary Conversion evokes the hollowness and free-floating anxiety that characterizes late 20th century culture. In a voice that could belong to a hypnotist or a government spokesman, a disembodied speaker recounts a string of events whose common thread is a sense of impending disaster. The mood is suspended somewhere between nightmare and deadpan and is propelled by a narrative as enigmatic as the language it exposes. The iconic shape of a fighter jet floating in a perfect sky has the creepy feel of a video game and the texture of television is used to make the images feel domestically ingrained.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Additional Camera	Starr Sutherland Chip Lord
Editing	Editor	Jeanne C. Finley
Directing	Director	Jeanne C. Finley
	Assistant Director	John Muse
Sound	Music	Kevin Deal
Department	Role	Name

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