“Income” as “Toy”
Day Two was all about establishing the character of Toy, which director Paul does in one long sequence with no dialogue in the tradition of “pure cinema”.
Toy is a brilliant teenage violinist who plays the violin on the street to support his destitute mother. But being on the street is the start of a journey into darkness.
Later on Toy will be “rescued” by the mad composer Dr. Arun, but that journey turns out to be even more traumatic.
It’s also been a day of what in L.A. we call “guerllia filmmaking” - snatching a shot here, a shot there … in public areas. Covid has emptied out the streets at night, meaning the atmosphere of desolation is easy to achieve as our small crew and two actors in the sequence prowl through the night.
