Love Letter from Elisa Da Prato on Vimeo.

About a year and a half ago, I was on a date with a boy… he looked warmly into my eyes, held me by the hand, and said he imagined me as some sort of wood-elf, hovering over an animal carcass, devouring flesh, with blood-stained mouth. I think, it may have been one of the sweetest things anyone has ever said to me. And while our tryst may have only lasted another outing or two, the image stuck for a number of reasons. Shortly after, I saw the film Carnal Knowledge. And about nine months later, one of my closest friends, whom I have known since the stately age of 5, flew to Brooklyn and we set out to make a film tackling carnal instinct, the idea of home, and a voyeur v joy-eur perspective battle. The result somehow ended up representing my idea of what falling in love feels like.

Shot on location in Brooklyn, New York. Story realized by Elisa Da Prato & Cheryl Bentley, Photographed by James Fideler  – circa Easter, 2009.