"The last sane hotline in an insane world." Are you being watched? Are we all puppets? Maybe we all need a wake up call - or two. Perhaps this might be the first one for some. You're Absolutely Right! is a very dark comedy short film the UK, now available to watch online after playing at film festivals throughout last year. It's made by "Bousher & Gee", a directing duo made up of Ian Bousher & Theo Gee - filmmakers in London. A paranoid hoarder is seduced into doing the unthinkable by a hotline that only tells its customers that they're right. Seems to be a clever commentary on social media and how all this tech keeps people stuck in feedback loops telling them exactly what they want to hear over and over. Not exactly a feel good film. It stars Alison Fitzjohn as June, and Andrew Goddard as the voice of The Operator.
- 3/19/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In the social media age, it’s incredibly easy to find someone online or on the phone who shares the same rational or irrational thoughts as you which, at times, can be appropriately comforting but also, in the wrong hands, incredibly dangerous. You’re Absolutely Right from directors Theo Gee and Ian Bousher – who we last saw on Dn with conformity test short Aping – is a dark comedy about a hoarder who finds herself using a hotline that positively reinforces her every instinct, acting as an echo chamber to her spiralling mental state. It’s a great example of a film which rides the line of being a pertinent social commentary whilst also boasting moments of deft comedy. Dn is excited to present the online premiere of You’re Absolutely Right in conjunction with a conversation with Gee and Bousher which digs into the construction of their dishevelled set, the...
- 2/9/2023
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
"No one survives decay... Everyone cracks and fades..." A horror comedy musical about a taxidermist?! Yes that exists! Stuffed is a BAFTA-nominated short musical, made by Theo Rhys with music by Joss Holden-Rea. Yep, it's even nominated for Best British Short at the BAFTAs, in addition to other awards it has won. And it's online to watch now. Stuffed premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival won the Audience Award there, before stopping by other film festivals throughout last year. It's a 20-minute musical about a taxidermist who dreams of stuffing a human, and the man she meets online so afraid of ageing he volunteers to be her specimen. An unexpected romantic spark complicates their plans. If you think "how can they turn this into a musical?" oh just wait and see! This stars Alison Fitzjohn and Anthony Young. It's outstanding, I can't even explain. Get ready for your mind to be blown.
- 2/17/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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