Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival
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hoofandmouf
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nice work. Unique imagery is a rare thing these days, you have quite a bit going on here... real good stuff.
the guy pushing the woman in the wheelchair, pushing a lawnmower was one of the cooler images I've seen in awhile, kudos.
I like the fractured whimsical vibe... cuz your visuals are artfully done and they match the tone... normally I dont like really really artsy video art stuff (ie Miranda July) because it kind of reeks of pretense and her visuals are boring but your stuff reminded me of early Harmony Korine sort of... dark, kinda funny, unique and bizarre...
my only two complaints are that the credit sequence at the beginning seems a bit long and some of the stuff was a little too spot on with the dark tone... some of it looked kinda like B-Roll from a modern hollywood horror/zombie flicks... (ie fast shutter speeds of really contrasted decaying stuff, whip pans and other panicky camera minutia)
but yea man.... I thought it was a breathe of freshness
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the guy pushing the woman in the wheelchair, pushing a lawnmower was one of the cooler images I've seen in awhile, kudos.
I like the fractured whimsical vibe... cuz your visuals are artfully done and they match the tone... normally I dont like really really artsy video art stuff (ie Miranda July) because it kind of reeks of pretense and her visuals are boring but your stuff reminded me of early Harmony Korine sort of... dark, kinda funny, unique and bizarre...
my only two complaints are that the credit sequence at the beginning seems a bit long and some of the stuff was a little too spot on with the dark tone... some of it looked kinda like B-Roll from a modern hollywood horror/zombie flicks... (ie fast shutter speeds of really contrasted decaying stuff, whip pans and other panicky camera minutia)
but yea man.... I thought it was a breathe of freshness
:thumbup:
Billy Pilgrim
Stye in my eye
Keener! I didn't know you had an account here. Nice film. I love the look and feel of it.
egyptianboxer104
Well-known member
Are you sending this to any film fests?
Heya Jason
I go to an art school
And goddamn if I'm not bombarded with damn artsy kids who grabbed a video camera and decided to record a laundry machine spinning around, juxtaposed to a carcass of a ran over squirrel. It's just real stupid. Their excuse is "It's my ART!! and you WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND GUYS!!"
But, for a while, your film made me forget all that, and seemed to have some deeper meaning.
Your shooting style seems premeditated, so I will not critique that. As mentioned before, the part with the girl and the lawnmower screamed short film IDEA!!! to a lot of people who saw it I assume. It did feel a littleeeee long, to the point I skipped to the end from the 3/4 mark
The comparisons are interesting, the way that you shift between people and their stories is definitely thought provoking.
Overall, interesting stuff!
I go to an art school
And goddamn if I'm not bombarded with damn artsy kids who grabbed a video camera and decided to record a laundry machine spinning around, juxtaposed to a carcass of a ran over squirrel. It's just real stupid. Their excuse is "It's my ART!! and you WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND GUYS!!"
But, for a while, your film made me forget all that, and seemed to have some deeper meaning.
Your shooting style seems premeditated, so I will not critique that. As mentioned before, the part with the girl and the lawnmower screamed short film IDEA!!! to a lot of people who saw it I assume. It did feel a littleeeee long, to the point I skipped to the end from the 3/4 mark
The comparisons are interesting, the way that you shift between people and their stories is definitely thought provoking.
Overall, interesting stuff
!Yep.
Well, thank you. That's very kind.
I think that stuff has its place. As with Isidore Ducasse's Dadaist/Surrealist-inspiring line: "...the chance encounter of a sewing-machine and an umbrella on a dissecting-table," I enjoy unrelated images forced onto one another, free from context and logic. And there's a lot of that going on in this particular short, as the films of Man Ray among many other like-minded artists were some of my principle influences.
Now, I wouldn't presume to tell a woman what a woman ought to think, but tell her if she's gotta think: think pink.
I aesthetically adore Lars von Trier's shakey-cam period. It's frustrating to a lot of people and that's unfortunate.
It did feel a littleeeee long, to the point I skipped to the end from the 3/4 mark
It could have been 87 minutes long. In all seriousness, the pacing of Hee Haw was a great source of inspiration.
Many of my favorite films do just that, although I'm more interested in provoking emotions than thoughts.
Overall, interesting stuff
Thank you, thank you.