The Batman we need, but don't deserve.
SOTW: The Batman (A Tommy Wiseau Film)
The Batman we need, but don't deserve.
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The Batman we need, but don't deserve.
Where's David Attenborough when you need him?
Everyone is an asshole, especially Craig.
Recently, I got a chance to meet Zach Fox, the director of the comedy-horror short "Homer". Check out his film and then give his interview a read.
ZF: I first started making films when I was in high school. I went to the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven and during my freshman year I took a video class and instantly fell in love with video. I started out doing lots of short experimental films. I took as many video classes as I could during high school before moving on to the film program at the School of Visual Arts. That's when I really started to do narrative films.
ZF: With Homer, I wanted to show that we should all try to treat people with respect. So I'm showing what happens when you don't do that. You've got Bob and Al treating Homer really badly and then they face the consequences of their actions. Things don't turn out too well for them. It's not what happens in real life but it's more of a fantasy of revenge. So I want people to take away the idea that bullying has consequences. I like the idea that art can be therapy for the world. I don't know if I achieved that with Homer but I'm always trying to go deeper with my work.
ZF: My biggest influences would have to be Stanley Kubrick and John Carpenter. My two favorite films being The Thing and The Shining. I can watch those movies over and over again. The Thing still has some of the best practical effects I have ever seen and apart from having no women in the movie it's basically perfect. The Shining is all about the psychological side of horror. I feel like these 2 films were crucial in my horror education. As for my favorite directors, I love Alejandro Jodorowsky, David Lynch, Nicolas Winding Refn, Akira Kurosawa and David Cronenberg. I could name a lot more but those are my top 5.
ZF: I've gotten in front of the camera a few times. The last time was in 2013 for an upcoming film my friend Neil Meschino is working on called Maggots. I would love to do it again but I'm not for acting and directing at the same time.
ZF: I'd say the most difficult part of making a film is making that first day of shooting happen. Getting everything ready on time for that first day takes a lot of work and there are a lot of times where it seems impossible but once you're on set and get to see the fruition of all the pre-production work you've been doing for months; there's no better feeling.
ZF: You have to be determined, like you want to start a fire but all of your wood is soaking wet. It seems impossible but that doesn't slow you down. If you have that determination, nothing will stand in your way.
Wrestling isn't wrestling, but this short is definitely a short.
Shout-out to Taylor R. for showing me this.
When you got Netflix $$$, you can afford to make choose your own adventure ads with insane production value.
Seems friendly enough.
Probably the worst possible way to die.
Touching little short about a boy and his Rubik's cube.
This is actually a social satire about how office work saps the life from the worker.
The gratuitous ass shots represent...uh...freedom?
Bears are so majestic.
In Africa, every sixty seconds is a minute.
They seem friendly enough.
Somewhere....beyond the sea...somewhere waiting for me...
(Sorry for the late Short of the Week.)
I can't tell you how many times my roommates interrupted me trying to kill myself with their bullshit.
Some Lovecraftian fun for this week's short.
I've watched this short three times and I still have no idea what's going on.
This week's short was recommended by Somer M.
What if you woke up one day and everyone you knew disappeared?
Another bit of surreal existentialism from Don Hertzfelt
This weeks short could be expanded into some kind of French survival horror video game.
Enjoy!