Jacob Pander

The story of Scotty Pelk, a socially inept video store clerk who gets fired from his job and becomes a sensation as an online film critic.

A chance encounter with a random stranger sets in motion a series of events that lead to the total collapse of Dylan Gray, a young career-driven architect with the world in the palm of his hand. His green-based architecture firm has just landed its first commission to design a major skyscraper in Seattle. Before the project can begin, Dylan's life becomes skillfully unraveled by a spiteful identity thief who sets out to destroy his world.

A visually decadent romp that's hot, sexy, playful and innovative.

In a cold tile operating room, a surgeon clad in a protective Tyvek suit, goggles and tight rubber gloves demonstrate her skill before a group of observers. They scrutinize the eerie coupling between the surgeon and patient, whose bodies merge like molten lava. Thermal coitus draws the viewer into an erotic experience that probes beneath the boundary of skin. The Operation is an award-winning cult film by Jacob Pander and Marne Lucas, shot in 48 hours on a minuscule budget, using thermal imaging technology. Their exploration of erotic imagery first-hand stems from an interest in intimacy and the viewer's psychological and sexual response. It represents a merging of their fascination with the macabre beauty of the human body as viewed by science and technology; using new infrared imaging devices, the boundaries between physical and intellectual stimulation become blurred.