In preparation for the February release of their new album, Push the Sky Away, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds had a great idea about who could helm the music video for the stupidly-titled first single, "We No Who U R" - none other than visionary provocateur filmmaker Gaspar Noé.Unfortunately for Nick and the lads, Noé didn't seem to want to reach into his vast well of visual mind-explosions, and instead decided to deliver some found-footage inspired stuff, featuring a looming shadow wandering through some woods. Sure, the visual trick is clever, but oh-so boring.To be honest, this entire effort reminds me of The If Thing, the inspired short film that Nash Edgerton delivered when then-if editor David Michôd commissioned video content for the Australian...
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- 1/4/2013
- Screen Anarchy
After watching The Square, Nash Edgerton's feature directorial debut, and before sitting down to write my review I took to YouTube to watch Nash's eight short films, or I should say seven as his 2007 short "Spider" will play in front of screenings of The Square just as it did at my press screening.
If you've read my review of The Square you were probably able to tell my impression of that film was highly influenced by not only "Spider" but also from Edgerton's seven earlier shorts, all of which I enjoyed immensely and offer here for you to enjoy as well.
If you were to watch all eight shorts it would run you approximately 80 minutes if you watched from beginning to end and it's hard to show a preference to one or another, though two stand out as my favorites. The Pitch is short and quite comical and will...
If you've read my review of The Square you were probably able to tell my impression of that film was highly influenced by not only "Spider" but also from Edgerton's seven earlier shorts, all of which I enjoyed immensely and offer here for you to enjoy as well.
If you were to watch all eight shorts it would run you approximately 80 minutes if you watched from beginning to end and it's hard to show a preference to one or another, though two stand out as my favorites. The Pitch is short and quite comical and will...
- 4/9/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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