AstroNots is showing at Fantasia International Film Festival.
The Catholic church would have you believe that confession is good for the soul; maybe it is, and perhaps it isn’t. However, one thing is for sure: if you are going to confess, carefully pick the time and place of your planned confession; for example, if you are about to confess that you have a habit of crashing your car, don’t do it when you are about to drive friends to a gig fifty miles away! Of course, at least in this example, your passengers could quickly leave and take the train, but what if your untimely confession came as you were strapped into the cockpit of a giant rocket, with millions of gallons of fuel primed to catapult you to the stars?
The world is about to end. Yep, we knew the time would come; humanity has finally reached its final throw of the dice, and only two men can save it. Colonising Mars is the only hope left, and Commander Tom Collins (Adam Dunn) and Pilot Abe Adams (Aaron Glenane) are the astronauts who will save the Earth. Much training has led to this momentous day, and as they sit strapped into their vessel on the launch pad, their only thought is the mission ahead, which comes with plenty of risk and a hero’s reward if they succeed.
Mission control is ready, and Collins is prepared to make his grandfather, the legendary astronaut Michael Collins, proud. But as the countdown nears, Adams is about to make a startling confession at precisely the wrong time. Is it too late to abort? Can Collins bring himself to call it off? Does Adams have what it takes to get to Mars? Does anyone in mission control really care? Are Collins and Adams Astronauts or AstroNots?
Written by Dunn and Glenane and directed by Andrew Seaton, AstroNots is a delightfully sharp and beautifully staged ten-minute sketch that paves the way for a possible series following Collins and Adams as they attempt to save the human race from its extinction. As Collins and Adams try to navigate a cockpit that has become an untimely confessional booth, Dunn and Gelane’s engaging performances and comedic flair shine alongside Seaton’s confident direction. I can only hope we get to see where our two improbable heroes end up next: to infinity and beyond!
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