The Game Of Things by Christian Straub

Christian Straub is back and this time he brings many things into motion, however on a metaphysical level.

Things talk relationships. This is the premise for THE GAME OF THINGS, Cristian Straub’s latest fashion short film for German fashion label Ethel Vaughn. A woman is haunted by her past, by things and moments she once shared with someone. As the film unfolds we get a grasp of the romantic relationship that is no more. The woman is determined to clean up her life – by setting all the “useless, stupid things” from the past on fire. In the meantime, a mysterious rider appears. And it looks like he’s up to no good…

Once again, director Cristian Straub was joined by director of Photography Jakob Suess in his journey for new forms of visual expression. Heavily inspired by the cinema of the late 60s & early 70s (like Nicolas Roeg’s “Don’t look back” or Polanski’s “The Tenant”), they crafted a film that emanates not only the aesthetic feel, but also embraces the courageous spirit and the cinematic curiosity of that particular era in film history.

For THE GAME OF THINGS Fashion Film House Riese Farbaute teamed with Metrosafari Locations, both aiming to set new standards in forward thinking fashion film productions.

33 year old director Cristian Straub knows how to put fashion into motion. Individual, mysterious, clean. Straub is one of the pioneers, who pushed the genre and also help establish the fashion film as a serious business. Two years ago, the ambitious film maker discovered the new genre and founded the worldwide first blog focusing on fashion films: Ravished by Illusions, which is today part of a big network of bloggers, influencers and creatives. Together with his own production company „Riese Farbaute“, Cristian Straub is exploring the possibilities among art and commerce, fashion and film. And he’s moving on very fast. His creativity and originality make his work stand apart, even in an innovative and competing film genre like the fashion film.