A 5 person crew , 5 days , overnights, a 1000 SGD budget and two
cameras. That was how 'Last Man Standing' was made. It is a mockumentary by Naresh Subhash about masturbation 'as a sport' and the politics surrounding this peculiar sport. A film predictably littered with innuendos, it does have its surprises too. 'Last Man Standing' was nominated for Best Fiction for this year's Singapore Short Film Awards.
Give us 3 good reasons why you made
this film?
1.Thesis Film
2.1000 SGD as a budget
3. wanted to make something that was honest to us
It certainly involves a great deal of humour scripting. How did you go about writing the script?
There was no script. We generated pointers for each scene - like
check points - and worked with the actors to generate realistic dialogue and
later impressive editing. Nomination - WIN.
Did it start with a plan to
entertain or to discuss social issues like foreign talent? I mean, it was very
entertaining without or without social issues.
I guess no one starts telling a story just for people to laugh
at them. This film was conceived from our own combined forms
of displacement and how it relates to our reality. I never liked
making serious films, the humor is a style. So what i am trying to say is that
you cant take one or the other from the equation.
Any great moments of laughter during
the production (especially with the entendres of wanking peppered throughout)?
Nope. We were dead serious.
They were real people. walking home. minding their own business.
enters desperate students and dedicated actor.
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For a film about wanking, this film
is very un-graphic. Any thing you would have done more outrageously if you had
complete freedom?
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Nope.
The story was much more important. People keep expecting that, i dont know why.
Plus, you can watch a good circle jerk at many film screenings already so why
bother.
Last Man Standing Trailer from Naresh EThan Subhash on Vimeo.