Lapse: Confessions of a Slot Machine Junkie

Lapse: Confessions of a Slot Machine Junkie is a 13-minute short documentary by filmmaker Jonathan VanBallenberghe. It will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2013.[1]

Lapse: Confessions of a Slot Machine Junkie
Directed byJonathan VanBallenberghe
Release date
  • April 2013 (2013-04)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryUnited States

Synopsis

When VanBallenberghe turned thirty-six, he realized that he had been addicted to gambling for a third of his life. He decided to end the problem once and for all. His approach to recovery was two-fold: enter into psychotherapy, and make a documentary about the experience. Lapse is a personal documentary that portrays the fractured state of mind of a person in the grip of a gambling addiction. All of the dialogue in Lapse is taken from psychotherapy sessions that the director recorded.

Original music was composed by composer Jason Sebastian Russo. The bands Hopewell and Common Prayer supplied additional tracks.

References
  1. "Here are the 60 Short Films Screening at the 2013 Festival". Tribeca Film Festival. Retrieved 12 March 2013.


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