Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred is a film about the isolating pursuit of perfection. The daily battle waged between ambition and anxiety.

feat. Ivan Moshchuk

Poem:
Here again, seated with a gnawing feeling of dissatisfaction.
The ache in my stomach, the push at my back, always constant.
Forward.
Driven by that ambiguous spark.
I question its origin, its impetus.
Burning, my envy rages against those so easily satisfied.
To know that peace would be bliss.
Yet were it offered, I know I would decline.
For as much as I disdain its presence, I invite its consistency.
Always more, always next.
For now, that great fear, the gap between my accomplishments and its expectations, subsides for the day.
I’ve earned this calm, this freedom.
But it is fleeting.
For tomorrow, we start again.

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Produced by Eightfold
Dir - Kurt Schneider
DP - Casey Stolberg
1st AC - Quinton Rodriguez
2nd AC - Vinnie Bredemus
Steadicam - Greg Johnson
Gaffer - Taylor McKean
Grip - Jake Gottman
PA - Kyle Brow

Edit - Kurt Schneider
Sound Design - Tailorsound
Color - Matt Osborne
Film Processing - FotoKem

Special Thanks:
Linda Jackson @ The Mill LA
Stratton Camera
Assemble Sound
Nelson Kazan & Family
Sh’maya Poetics
Steinway Piano Gallery of Commerce Township

Shot on Kodak 16mm

Cast: Kurt Schneider