ALL IS BUT TOYS

Music by Luca Swanz Andriolo ‪@SwanzTheLonelyCatDeadCatInABag‬ Video by Silvia Vaulà, Paolo Grinza (‪@Plastikwombat‬ ) Luca Swanz Andriolo Honourable Mention at "Shakespeare Shorts 2022", patron and chief judge Sir Kenneth Branagh. “All is but toys” states Macbeth after murdering the King. The record “Macbeth” by Swanz the Lonely Cat (originally recorded as the soundtrack to a theatre show based on the tragedy by William Shakespeare), with short monologues and music pieces going from minimalism to dark ambient, from industrial to harsh-noise, follows the theme of the inner demons. This short movie drifts from narration to suggestion, creating a nightmarish world of ravens, witches, haunted spirits and symbols: the ravens become the witches, a vinyl record is listened by a knife, the blade drips blood, Macbeth holds his crown and turns into a wolf, no real person, no face. Everything happens in a dark space, under the benches of a dead tree. Other trees start moving in the end, the crown falls.