The Last Storm (Short 2018)

The Last Storm: Directed by Liam Saint-Pierre. With Mike Marz, Mark Zabawa. Mark, a 60 years old fledgling storm chaser recently diagnosed with lung cancer, sets out across the Midwest with his friend’s nephew in search of his first and possibly last tornado, before the two month storm chaser season comes to an end.

“Greetings again from the darkness. A diagnosis of lung cancer immediately changes oneu0026#39;s priorities in life. For 60 year old Mike Marz it meant checking an unusual item off of his bucket list … storm chasing. For the vast majority of us, storm chasing has been limited to watching director Jan de Bontu0026#39;s 1996 film TWISTER starring Bill Paxton. But this is the Mike Marzu0026#39;s real life story, and no cows go flying by.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMr. Marz contacts his much younger nephew, Mark Zabawa, and the two men head to the Midwest in hopes of catching the tail end of the yearu0026#39;s tornado season. Documentarian Liam Saint-Pierre joins them in the car with his camera rolling. We witness the lulls in action, followed by the adrenaline rush of speeding towards a storm and possible sighting.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSaint-Pierreu0026#39;s photography is stunning and captures the magnificence and power of nature, the danger of the situation, and the excitement of Mike and Mark. However, as fascinating as the storm chasing is, this is really the story of a man fulfilling one last wish, and two ends of the life cycle bonding over an experience with Mother Nature.”