Here’s a short bit of Halloween fun from animation studio, A Large Evil Corporation.
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In the Shadow: A Short Film Noir by Fabrice Mathieu
Written and directed by Fabrice Mathieu, ‘In the Shadow’ is a film noir about the separate lives of shadows. It is made entirely from existing film noir shadow shots. What happens when a person’s shadow kills its ‘wearer’ and lives its own life? I love all of this film noir stuff with black and white shadows and contrast. The sense of graphic dread is missing from mainstream films today. This short film is apparently a prequel for a feature length project.
Interplanetary Revolution – 1924 Soviet Animation
Paul Gallagher at Dangerous Minds posted this 1924 Russian propaganda masterpiece. It’s a wild, science fiction, abstract work of art that just keeps pumping out wondrous images, one after the other. I love the ragged edges and mix of photographs, hand-drawn animation and cutouts.
Knout – a Film by Deco Dawson
The film is all gnarled and fuzzy and stained. It looks like something shot in the twenties and dug up in a basement somewhere. Right around the 8:15 mark there’s a sequence of images that are just simply stunning. The actress, Jenovia Tretiak, is frenzied and beautifully insane. The original score by Patric Caird is perfect and hair-raising.
The Passengers by Fred. L’Epée
A film by Fred. L’Epée.
Film: World’s Most Boring Musician Proves It
I’ve always said that the world’s most boring musician is John Mayer and now the accommodating fellow has gone and proven my point. He’s made a film about his average day during a tour. From the looks of this film he could be attending a corporate seminar to give a PowerPoint presentation. Shiny hotel fixtures and breakfast buffets laid out in one’s room certainly must go far toward making exciting music. And look! Sneakers! He’s wearing sneakers! How charmingly boyish. And he finishes the film with ‘Fin.’ Just like the French do! Gosh! Fin! And look at that audience of his! My goodness! They look like they’re at a Bed Bath & Beyond shopping for a new duvet cover.
I think the best shot in the movie is the elevator man opening the doors and ushering Mr. Mayor out into the lobby. But John Mayer should stay in the elevator. And play there.
Every once in a while I like to post something I hate. It keeps things real.
Horror Film: The Nightmare
Joseph Chrisitiana made this excellent low-budget short horror film. His lead actor is his young son who does a wonderful job under truly creepy and nightmarish circumstances. The film moves with the horrifying logic of a true nightmare, with one certain death situation leading illogically but believably into another. This film had me totally with it the whole way through to its brilliant ending.
Joseph Christiana, producer and founder of Christiana Productions, is a self-taught New York-based guerrilla writer/director. He has produced no-budget feature and short films which have been received enthusiastically at various film festivals, on indie film websites and on short film cable television shows.
I found this via Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film which has a review of the film.
Film: Nuit Blanche
Spy Films produced this short film by Arev Manoukian. Lots of beautiful slow-motion, water and glass. I like the black & white retro look. The film captures one of those fleeting moments of imagination that usually don’t involve both parties, but rather just the lonelier one. Usually the guy. The woman in the restaurant would probably be too distracted by her drink and her own reflection in the window. The guy in the street is not going to stand a chance with this lady. No way. But it’s nice while it lasts. I found it over at my favorite film place, No Fat Clips!!!