Lundsten says his new short film, his second, tells the story of Liz, an ailing mother with Alzheimer's Disease who has lost touch with the world. Overwhelmed by daily frustration, her husband Robert and daughter Anna are forced to come to terms with their helplessness.
The story is a personal one for Lundsten, who said, "Liz is very much my mother." He was inspired by a poem by a friend and his own experience with his own mother.
The poem, The Bath by Holly Hughes, he said was "pretty much the template for the main scene in the film...maybe one-fifth of the film." He said he tried to create an artistic and emotional fusion from those two sources.
The film features actors that may be familiar to many people. Kathleen Chalfant, a New York-based actress who has performed on film, as well as on stage, plays Liz. Seattle-based actor Frank Corrado plays Liz's husband.
The film was shot in Seattle last December and is going into what's called post production. And, it's that aspect that Lundsten is hoping to gain additional funding for. He turned to Kickstarter to help him raise a needed $15,000 to complete post production work.
His Kickstarter page tells more about the film and includes more photos.