Brandon French

This introspective "contrived diary" film features vignettes from the relationship of a real-life couple–in this case, the director and his girlfriend.

An experimental student film centered around a young woman named Penelope. Or is Penelope dead?

In Pursuit of Treasure was shot over 11 weeks in 1970 with Panavision cameras in Kanab, Utah, with union waivers, a $220,000 budget and even logistical help from the state’s National Guard.