[This review originally appeared when Out Of Our Minds screened in the 2009 Sitges festival but with the film now appearing at Action Fest we hereby present it to you again.]
The simple thing to do here would be to declare Out Of Our Minds a spiritual successor to David Lynch's Twin Peaks - at least to the more surreal and music infused parts of Peaks - and be done with it but to do so would be to do a dis-service to the singularity of vision presented here by creators Melissa Auf Der Maur (Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins) and Tony Stone (Severed Ways).
The film component of the multi-media project envisioned by Auf Der Maur - a CD will follow soon - premiered at Sundance, where it won a good deal of praise for its potent fusion of image and music. And having finally just seen the film myself I can say that praise was entirely deserved. Less a narrative than an immersive experience, Out Of Our Minds travels through its entire thirty minute run time without a single word of dialog,...
The simple thing to do here would be to declare Out Of Our Minds a spiritual successor to David Lynch's Twin Peaks - at least to the more surreal and music infused parts of Peaks - and be done with it but to do so would be to do a dis-service to the singularity of vision presented here by creators Melissa Auf Der Maur (Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins) and Tony Stone (Severed Ways).
The film component of the multi-media project envisioned by Auf Der Maur - a CD will follow soon - premiered at Sundance, where it won a good deal of praise for its potent fusion of image and music. And having finally just seen the film myself I can say that praise was entirely deserved. Less a narrative than an immersive experience, Out Of Our Minds travels through its entire thirty minute run time without a single word of dialog,...
- 4/17/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The simple thing to do here would be to declare Out Of Our Minds a spiritual successor to David Lynch’s Twin Peaks - at least to the more surreal and music infused parts of Peaks - and be done with it but to do so would be to do a dis-service to the singularity of vision presented here by creators Melissa Auf Der Maur (Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins) and Tony Stone (Severed Ways).
The film component of the multi-media project envisioned by Auf Der Maur – a CD will follow soon – premiered at Sundance, where it won a good deal of praise for its potent fusion of image and music. And having finally just seen the film myself I can say that praise was entirely deserved. Less a narrative than an immersive experience, Out Of Our Minds travels through its entire thirty minute run time without a single word of dialog,...
The film component of the multi-media project envisioned by Auf Der Maur – a CD will follow soon – premiered at Sundance, where it won a good deal of praise for its potent fusion of image and music. And having finally just seen the film myself I can say that praise was entirely deserved. Less a narrative than an immersive experience, Out Of Our Minds travels through its entire thirty minute run time without a single word of dialog,...
- 6/30/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
What do you get when you cross a famous musician with an indie film maker with a moderate viking obsession? You get a Sundance-selected, solar powered, surreal short film. That’s what you get.
Three time periods, one connection: Blood. The central characters are a woman and her car. The 28-minute film follows her in a strange ritual that climaxes in a collision between past and future, crashing through the gateway to parallel worlds in the same forest. A fantasy world where a Viking heart, a car crash and a bleeding forest connect. Using music rather than dialogue, the film tells a universal tale in striking optics. Borrowed from mythology, the Hunt for the Heart is the eternal quest envisioned in Ooom. Conceived by musician Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole / Smashing Pumpkins) and birthed by Filmmaker Tony Stone (Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America) this mini epic is proudly...
Three time periods, one connection: Blood. The central characters are a woman and her car. The 28-minute film follows her in a strange ritual that climaxes in a collision between past and future, crashing through the gateway to parallel worlds in the same forest. A fantasy world where a Viking heart, a car crash and a bleeding forest connect. Using music rather than dialogue, the film tells a universal tale in striking optics. Borrowed from mythology, the Hunt for the Heart is the eternal quest envisioned in Ooom. Conceived by musician Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole / Smashing Pumpkins) and birthed by Filmmaker Tony Stone (Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America) this mini epic is proudly...
- 6/22/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
Man, where I live (near Denver, Colorado) we really don't have much in the way of fests except for the Denver Film Festival and the one in Boulder which both heavily favor high-brow fest circuit stuff which really isn't interesting to us around here which is why I'm jealous of our own Dr. Nathan who will get to see the opening night film White Lightnin' (stills here), the story of the dancing outlaw Jesco White. Also playing will be Tokyo!, Qe favorite Visioneers (review), and the indy Norse discovery of America flick (which Magnolia picked up and I have a screener of, woop!) Severed Ways.
But Ott not only does film, they do music to.. so check it all out at the website below.
Fest website with tickets and more
Feature film descriptions and short film list after the break.
Opening Film
White Lightnin' (UK) - Canadian Premiere
7:00 @ The...
But Ott not only does film, they do music to.. so check it all out at the website below.
Fest website with tickets and more
Feature film descriptions and short film list after the break.
Opening Film
White Lightnin' (UK) - Canadian Premiere
7:00 @ The...
- 4/29/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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