Archive for September, 2007
Badgered
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007Click image to view film
dir: Sharon Colman, 7:05—In this Oscar-nominated short, an underground badger struggles for some peaceful sleep amidst obnoxious crows and secret missile launches. Without hitting audiences over the head, Badgered manages to slip in a subtle environmental message—knowing very well that the first step to spreading your message is getting others to […]
The Heart of the World
Monday, September 17th, 2007dir: Guy Maddin, 6:05—We veer into the realm of the avant garde with The Heart of the World, a short film directed by Guy Maddin: cinephile, auteur, Canadian. If you watch this film without reading the review, you might mistake it for some sort of silent-era classic, digitized and given new life through Youtube. But […]
Collision
Monday, September 10th, 2007dir: Max Hattler, 2:29—As another 9/11 anniversary approaches, the need to reflect and examine . Few works so elegantly capture the tensions between America and the Islamic world as Max Hattler’s Collision. This abstract animation uses simple geometric elements from national flags to create a dizzying, kaleidoscope of cultures. America’s stars and stripes impede on […]