It’s effective as an experience but less so as a narrative whole. Instead, Turi seems more interested in using Lisa’s journey as a loose allegory for grief. Logic quickly collapses under scrutiny, and details that should seem important don’t matter much at all by the end. Turi doesn’t bother to fill in any blanks or handhold when it comes to answers or explanations. However, the true star belongs to the sound design, which gives a visceral, tangible quality to everything Lisa encounters. The filmmaker also brings the pain, putting his character the wringer. Turi injects some nightmarish imagery, both in the form of an antagonist and an aid to Lisa’s quest. It makes creative and innovative use of minimal space. The production design goes far in making the tunnel system feel more expansive, and it doubles as the only worldbuilding offered. When it counts down, bad things happen, prompting Lisa to think fast or suffer dire consequences. Lisa spends much of the early sequences learning the dangers of the tunnels and how it correlates to her timer. Much of that tension comes from the emphasis on time. Writer/Director Mathieu Turi finds innovative ways to create tension in a threadbare story that spends almost all of its runtime with a single character. Meander is almost entirely a one-woman show, with Lisa bellycrawling along the compact confines of the tunnel. The moment she finds her way out of the box, the true challenge begins Lisa must navigate her way through a tunnel system designed to kill her at every turn. When she comes to, she’s no longer on the road but trapped in a high-tech box with a timer strapped to her wrist. He slams on the brakes, and Lisa’s head collides with the dashboard. Then the radio announces news of a murder suspect at large, with a description that matches Adam. Alarm bells should trigger, but Lisa’s preoccupied with guilt and sorrow over the loss of her daughter. Lisa ( Gaia Weiss ) lies in the middle of the road, alone, until a driver, Adam ( Peter Franzen ), passes by and offers her a ride. It’s a bit too simple narratively, but it succeeds as experiential horror that brings intense, claustrophobic suspense. But Meander takes an even more straightforward approach, following one protagonist on her harrowing fight for survival. Both center on characters that awake in a bizarre sci-fi environment rigged with deadly traps, unaware of how they got there.
Meander for Mental Health 2019 was funded by Smarter Choices Smarter Places and was planned and run by a multi agency stakeholder group that included representation from a number of third sector providers such as RAMH, Mental Health Network (MHN) and Urban Roots, health and social care staff, Glasgow City Council, Community Councillor, police and fire representatives.The imagery and setup for Meander invoke instant comparisons to Vincenzo Natali’s Cube. “This event was designed to increase awareness of the Rambler Scotland Medal Routes that cut through and around Leverndale Hospital and of a new walking and cycling route 30 which links Leverndale and Pollok to National Cycling Route 75 which runs from Edinburgh to Gourock via Glasgow.” Samantha Flower, OT Mental Health Advisor (Older Adults)/OT Care Group Lead, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership said: “We welcomed members of the public and the local community onto the Leverndale Hospital site with the aim of helping to overcome the stigma often associated with mental health ill health and demonstrate the value that walking and activity can bring to everyones health and wellbeing. On the day over 200 people including staff, patients and local people took part in the event. Leverndale Hospital in Crookston opened up its grounds to mark national Suicide Awareness Week and to encourage people to walk along the beautiful Ramblers Scotland Medal Routes that cut through and around the hospital grounds. The film shows the different activities that took place on the day and the shared enjoyment from simple things like walking and joining in with activities. A film about the successful Meander for Mental Health 2019 event, held on 14 September 2019 is now available on Youtube.
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