SOTW: The Batman (A Tommy Wiseau Film)

If Tommy Wiseau wrote, directed, and starred in a Batman movie...it would be a really interesting Batman movie. Jake Torpey as Tommy Wiseau/Batman Special appearance by Zac MacKrell as The Riddler With the voice of Chad Ruhle TWITTER: https://twitter.com/patrickhwillems FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/patrickhwillems TUMBLR: http://patrickhwillems.tumblr.com/ INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/patrickhwillems

The Batman we need, but don't deserve. 

SOTW: Gym Wildlife

The Gym. Millions of homo sapiens frequent this urban wilderness. Today we will take a look into this strange place and show you the gym like you've never seen it before. GEARMARK: http://www.youtube.com/gearmarktv PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/buffdudes OBVS - http://www.youtube.com/OBVStation FIGHT TIPS - http://www.youtube.com/fighttips BRAD GOUTHRO: http://www.youtube.com/bradgouthrofitness VOICEOVER: http://www.youtube.com/wealthypastryprod Special thanks to our Patreon supporter Yousuf Fayyaz!

Where's David Attenborough when you need him? 

Zach Fox: Therapy for the World

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.

Directed by Zachary Fox, "Homer" is the story of two young men who have to repair their boss's farm. They decide to build a friend to bully to help pass the time. But after some abuse they realize that they should have been nicer to their friend.

MT:  When did you first start creating films?

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.

MT: What do you want audiences to take away from your work?

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. 

MT: Do you have any major influences? Who are some of your favorite directors?

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. 

MT: Have you ever gotten in front of the camera yourself? Would you?

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.

MT: What would you say is the most difficult part of making a film?

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. 

MT: What words of advice do you have for aspiring filmmakers?

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.

SOTW: Wrestling Isn't Wrestling

A somewhat-mostly-accurate educational parody film by Max Landis. This production is not monetized, and not for profit. The clips used herein are used with direct reference, as critique, and the characters and situations depicted are for the purpose of satire. Yes, I know I got some things out of order.

Wrestling isn't wrestling, but this short is definitely a short. 

Shout-out to Taylor R. for showing me this. 

SOTW: The Horribly Slow Murderer With The Extremely Inefficient Weapon

We're going to make THE REAL MOVIE... Now LIVE on Kickstarter! here: http://bit.ly/spoonstarter The epic story of one man's encounter with the most relentless murderer of all time. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/subscribeRG See the entire HSM series: http://bit.ly/hsmseries Exclusive content on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/RichardGaleFilms Rate The Horribly Slow Murderer on the imdb!

Probably the worst possible way to die.

SOTW: Broken Wings

A heartfelt animated short about friendship, a Rubik's cube, and the art of healing. Synopsis: Through the darkest moments of life, a boy goes down the warmth and cheerfulness of his childhood memories. He realizes that all it matters is not WHAT you see in life, but HOW you see it. Broken Wing is the first animated short from filmmaker Amos Sussigan and is inspired by real events. In 2011, a terrible accident left his best friend, Andre, paralyzed. The young man, previously very active and cheerful, now faced a very different life, one that few of us could be prepared for. Over a long summer, Amos visited Andre in hospital and witnessed the pain and sadness of his friend as he became resigned to his situation. But there was a glimmer of hope and it came in the form of Rubik's Cube. Amos watched fascinated as his friend found new passion devouring one fiendishly difficult puzzle after the next. The bigger, the newer, the more complicated - the better. From this experience, the idea for Broken Wing began to take shape. Amos pitched the concept to some friends and animators, and the idea quickly grew into a global project. Nikitha Mannam (producer) started the production in India, while Amos gathered visual research in Switzerland, and four other students began animating in California. Broken Wing eventually resulted in a richly haunting ensemble of imagery and story. It is composed of over 10,000 drawings, 30 digital paintings, and heightened by a beautiful score by extraordinary British film composer Mark Slater. What started as a way to show the brightest side of life to Andre, turned into an internal journey for filmmakers. A labor of love, inspired by just that, the deep love of one friend to another, with the capability to lift one's spirits, and, perhaps, freeing not only Andre, but us, from whatever is holding us down. FESTIVALS AND AWARDS FOR BROKEN WING AWARDS Best Film (Short Films Long Night, Los Angeles) Best Animated Movie (Lucerne International Film Festival, Switzerland) Best Animation Film (New Jersey International Film Festival, New Jersey) Audience Award (NFFTY, Seattle) Award of Merit (Lucerne International Film Festival, Switzerland) Best Animated Short (Shorttakes Student Film Festival, Los Angeles) OFFICIAL SELECTIONS Castellinaria (International Festival of Young Cinema, Switzerland) Hollywood Film Festival (Los Angeles) A Qualcuno Piace Corto (Swiss Television Contest, Switzerland) Newport Beach Film Festival (Los Angeles) Manhattan Film Festival (New York) British Animation Film Festival (London) www.brokenwingthemovie.com www.facebook.com/brokenwingthemovie

Touching little short about a boy and his Rubik's cube. 

SOTW: A day at the office in a Zombie apocalypse

3 in a series of short Zombie films directed by Matt Devine for Boost Mobile and The Monkeys agency. Music: Son Of Kick D.O.P: Stefan Duscio Editor: Dan Lee Directed by: Matt Devine

This is actually a social satire about how office work saps the life from the worker.

The gratuitous ass shots represent...uh...freedom?

SOTW: Let's Save Africa!

From the creators of Radi-Aid; Meet Michael and donate your stereotypes at http://www.rustyradiator.com https://twitter.com/AfricaForNorway https://www.facebook.com/pages/Africa-for-Norway/512874142058207 We're messing with you. There's no such thing as charity actors. But in our video, did you recognize stereotypes frequently used in fundraising campaigns? Hunger and poverty is ugly, and it calls for action.

In Africa, every sixty seconds is a minute.

SOTW: Contre Temps

Here is a beautifully animated and rendered CGI short film about a long-submerged city, and a man is obsessed by the passing of time, by the talented team Jérémi Boutelet, Thibaud Clergue, Gaël Megherbi, Tristan Ménard, Camille Perrin and Lucas Veber at Supinfocom Arles!

Somewhere....beyond the sea...somewhere waiting for me...

(Sorry for the late Short of the Week.)

SotW: Dissolve

Website: http://justinleyba.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ImagineNowEntertainment A dark comedy about a teenager who is trying to commit suicide but keeps getting interrupted by his friends. A film about you and all the burden that you carry. You are not alone.

I can't tell you how many times my roommates interrupted me trying to kill myself with their bullshit. 

SOTW: Late Bloomer

Directed by Craig Macneill. Written by Clay McLeod Chapman. Produced by Thom Litttle. Cinematography by Derek McKane. Official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, Late Bloomer is a compelling and humorous short film about 7th grade sex ed class gone horribly wrong. Loosely based on the dark tales of H.P.

Some Lovecraftian fun for this week's short. 

Short of the Week: Awake

A short film created by Danny Blackstock, Glen Cheng, Stephanie Bourgeois, and Melinda Ng, starring Cameron James Phillips, for IAT 202 Spring 2013 at Simon Fraser University. Glen's channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/saidragon Stephanie's channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/letsXstartXaXriot Melinda's channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/mshng93 Camera: Canon 550D / T2i. Lenses: Nifty fifty, kit lens, Canon 55-250.

What if you woke up one day and everyone you knew disappeared?

Short of the Week: Everything Will Be Okay

All three award-winning parts of Bill's story: EVERYTHING WILL BE OK (2006), I AM SO PROUD OF YOU (2008), and IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (2011) are now available on DVD. DON HERTZFELDT VOLUME 2: 2006-2011 collects the entire epic trilogy of short films, with the option for the first time anywhere to play them all seamlessly edited together, as a new feature film.

Another bit of surreal existentialism from Don Hertzfelt

Short of the Week: AMOCK

A pair of students filming their lunch pranks stumble on an odd creature in the school basement. Cute isn't always what it seems. 2009 | Live Action / CG - Thriller, Documentary See http://www.amock.fr for more details. https://www.facebook.com/amockmovie?ref=ts Produced at ArtFx CREDITS: Written, Composited, Directed by Francois Vico, Martin Vaissie, Sarah Matuszak, Xavier Goubin.

This weeks short could be expanded into some kind of French survival horror video game.

Enjoy!