Archive for October, 2007
Inside
Sunday, October 28th, 2007dir: Trever Sands, 8:18—In the dark and depressing spaces of an insane asylum, we meet Daniel (Jeremy Sisto – Clueless, One Point O). Actually, we meet Daniel along with violent Bo, apologetic Mary, young Beth, suspicious Pierce, and quite a few others. They would crowd a room, but they don’t share a room; they share […]
The Shock Doctrine
Sunday, October 21st, 2007dir: Jonás Cuarón, 6:46—I find this week’s short to be interesting for a myriad of reasons, perhaps the least of which are its controversial politics. Part documentary, half advertisement and in places an artistic short film, with a solid dose of agit-prop thrown in, The Shock Doctrine is a slick piece of media that employs […]
Far West
Sunday, October 14th, 2007dir: Nieto, 4:34—When a film follows no recognizable story pattern with no character, conflict or resolution, it is often labeled by scholars as an “experimental” film. A label typically placed on films with spinning shapes and jarring noises to be appreciated by small “in” crowds. Having painfully sat through many of these, I admit there […]
Hotel Chevalier
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Dir: Wes Anderson, 13:01—Hotel Chevalier is probably the highest profile short making the rounds. That’s no surprise with name stars, rumors of nudity, and the creative hand of cult favorite Wes Anderson. Anderson, who somehow has managed to cling to his indie cred even after casting Ben Stiller, burst onto the scene in […]
Dog
Monday, October 1st, 2007dir: Suzie Templeton, 5:38—We like stop-motion animation here at ShortoftheWeek. The first two reviews we posted, Game Over and Creature Comforts were both stop-motion (though we’ve inexplicably ignored the form since), but we are not blind to the perceived diminishing of its stature. The dawn of CG brought about a lot of eulogizing on stop-motion […]