“Once I had the power to disappear, to sink inside the dragon’s dreams, to touch the dragon’s sandy skin, as if it were my own” (Amanda, in “Subterranean Passage”). Original poetry from Barbara Klar and Michael Crochetiere, excerpts from Maria Flook, Julia Alvarez, Herman Melville and Edgar Allen Poe, together with a foreboding electro-acoustic soundscape by composers Robert Rosen and Shawn Bell combine to create a dark, fluid universe where unexpected story fragments arise suddenly and, one by one, become integrated into the children’s resolute mission. “Subterranean Passage” is a haunting, evocative lesson in constructing and controlling one’s own psychic environment. “An alluring vision of four children who create imaginary worlds as an escape from their domestic environment. Childhood traumas explored with sensitivity and unbridled honesty.” – Toronto International Film Festival, 1999
