Whoever Was Using This Bed

Whoever Was Using This Bed (2016)

A married couple is woken in the dead of night by a mysterious phone call. Unable to sleep, they are drawn into an unsettling examination of their fears and desires.

Date of release
2016-01-13
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
21m
Genres
Drama
Director
Andrew Kotatko

Casting

Interesting facts

Whoever Was Using This Bed is a 2016 Australian short film directed by Andrew Kotatko. It is based on the short story of the same name by Raymond Carver from his 1988 collection Elephant. The film stars Jean-Marc Barr, Radha Mitchell and features the voice of Jane Birkin.

Background

In an interview about Whoever Was Using This Bed in The Brag Magazine, Kotatko said: "People who've seen the film have told me that it plays like an intimate American drama from the '70s, but there's definitely a visual quality to the film that evokes classic film noir. I think it also has an emotionally unnerving and suspenseful quality to it. It feels a bit like a thriller."

Radha Mitchell expressed her reasons for doing the project in The Beast Magazine: "I wouldn't normally be attracted to do a short film, except this is such a character piece, and it's so dependent on the two lead performances. It's sophisticated, and in a sense, it's very adult. Not in an x-rated sense, but thematically it's mature, and that was of interest to me."

Jean-Marc Barr shared his thoughts on the film's story in an interview for Filmink Magazine: "There's something very human about Carver's short stories and daily happenings that I think every couple has maybe gone through this. He [Kotatko] was able to leave it as open and as modern as possible but also give it his own kind of spices and wishes.

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