What happens when the director of Hesher and I Love Sarah Jane teams up with acclaimed dancer Daniel 'Cloud' Campos? Shiny happens, a TropFest winning stop motion animated short film heavy both on the action and the charm. A damsel in distress gets undressed when a man from the midwest puts to rest a world thats obsessed with the priceless., also known as "the shiny".I don't know that I really want to say anything about it beyond that, just take a look below and experience it for yourself!...
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- 2/19/2016
- Screen Anarchy
What happens when the director of Hesher and I Love Sarah Jane teams up with acclaimed dancer Daniel 'Cloud' Campos? Shiny happens, a TropFest winning stop motion animated short film heavy both on the action and the charm. A damsel in distress gets undressed when a man from the midwest puts to rest a world thats obsessed with the priceless., also known as "the shiny".I don't know that I really want to say anything about it beyond that, just take a look below and experience it for yourself!...
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- 2/19/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Spencer Susser last night.
American filmmaker Spencer Susser has a long history in Australia.
He was camera operator on Nash Edgerton's shorts Lucky, Spider and Bear, and collaborated with David Michôd on I Love Sarah Jane, a zombie short starring a pre-Alice Mia Wasikowska, and on his feature debut, Hesher, starring Joseph Gorden-Levitt.
Since then he's directed an episode of the TV show Hemlock Grove, and made several shorts - one of which took out Tropfest's top prize last night.
Shiny is a brief (less than four minutes) stop-motion animation Susser made with fellow Los Angeleno Daniel 'Cloud' Campos, a former dancer who toured with Madonna and is, according to Susser, "quite a well known B-boy".
The pair met through a mutual friend, Australian director Michael Gracey, and discovered a shared "let's-go-make-stuff gene", said Susser.
"Originally Cloud and I had made a stop-motion commercial for a big cool company...
American filmmaker Spencer Susser has a long history in Australia.
He was camera operator on Nash Edgerton's shorts Lucky, Spider and Bear, and collaborated with David Michôd on I Love Sarah Jane, a zombie short starring a pre-Alice Mia Wasikowska, and on his feature debut, Hesher, starring Joseph Gorden-Levitt.
Since then he's directed an episode of the TV show Hemlock Grove, and made several shorts - one of which took out Tropfest's top prize last night.
Shiny is a brief (less than four minutes) stop-motion animation Susser made with fellow Los Angeleno Daniel 'Cloud' Campos, a former dancer who toured with Madonna and is, according to Susser, "quite a well known B-boy".
The pair met through a mutual friend, Australian director Michael Gracey, and discovered a shared "let's-go-make-stuff gene", said Susser.
"Originally Cloud and I had made a stop-motion commercial for a big cool company...
- 2/14/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
In 2008, I discovered a great short film titled I Love Sarah Jane by commercial and music video director Spencer Susser (you can watch it here — and if you haven’t yet, you really need to). I was slightly disappointed by Susser’s feature directorial debut Hesher, which premiered at the 2010 Sundnace Film Festival. Since the festival, Susser has been trying […]
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- 8/25/2014
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
What would you wish for if you suddenly held in your hands a laptop that granted wishes? How far would you take it, and what would happen next? For those looking for a bit of Sunday fun to cheer them up, look no further than Eugene, a sponsored short film directed by Spencer Susser, the Aussie filmmaker who brought us that short I Love Sarah Jane years ago as well as the feature Hesher. Created for (and chosen as one of the winners of) a filmmaking competition held by Intel and W Hotels, Eugene is a humorous story of what happens when you give a lonely, bearded man too much power. It's fun and will leave you with a smile. From the description on Short of the Week: "A traveler in Washington DC gets a mysterious gift: a laptop that grants all his wishes. How will he wield his unexpected powers?...
- 8/24/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sbs's countdown to Tropfest highlights the best of short film ahead of the summer festival. Which are your favourites?
For Australian film fans, Tropfest is a summer essential that has long been celebrated with a picnic in Sydney's Domain – or other outdoor venues broadcasting around the country – while keeping a wary eye on summer storm clouds. So those with both sunbaked and sodden memories of battling the crowds and the elements to champion short films will surely join me in welcoming the launch of Tropfest TV. Launched on Sunday night, the next 12 weeks, SBS2 has the next 12 weeks sorted with weekly thematically linked selections of Tropfest shorts from home and away, including New Zealand, USA and the Middle East.
I can trace my love of short films back to Disney's 1952 classic Lambert the Sheepish Lion. I must have watched that eight-minute fable a thousand times as a child. These days,...
For Australian film fans, Tropfest is a summer essential that has long been celebrated with a picnic in Sydney's Domain – or other outdoor venues broadcasting around the country – while keeping a wary eye on summer storm clouds. So those with both sunbaked and sodden memories of battling the crowds and the elements to champion short films will surely join me in welcoming the launch of Tropfest TV. Launched on Sunday night, the next 12 weeks, SBS2 has the next 12 weeks sorted with weekly thematically linked selections of Tropfest shorts from home and away, including New Zealand, USA and the Middle East.
I can trace my love of short films back to Disney's 1952 classic Lambert the Sheepish Lion. I must have watched that eight-minute fable a thousand times as a child. These days,...
- 9/10/2013
- by Alice Tynan
- The Guardian - Film News
We’re back with the latest edition of the Indie Spotlight, which contains recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a new trailer for The Secret Village, premiere details for Pain is Beautiful, an interview for Almost Human, and more:
The Secret Village Trailer: “Written by Jason B. Whittier and Kandan, The Secret Village follows Greg (Jonathan Bennett), an unsuccessful screenwriter and Rachel (Ali Faulkner), a spunky journalist, as they research an outbreak of mass hysteria and ergot poisoning in a small village. They rent a house together and start to uncover a secret that has affected this village for years. But the cult activity has been kept a secret by locals Joe (Stelio Savante) and Paul (Richard Riehle) and when Greg disappears, Rachel is left alone to unravel the mystery and save their lives. Kef Lee, Toby Gadison and Karin Duseva round out the cast.
The Secret Village Trailer: “Written by Jason B. Whittier and Kandan, The Secret Village follows Greg (Jonathan Bennett), an unsuccessful screenwriter and Rachel (Ali Faulkner), a spunky journalist, as they research an outbreak of mass hysteria and ergot poisoning in a small village. They rent a house together and start to uncover a secret that has affected this village for years. But the cult activity has been kept a secret by locals Joe (Stelio Savante) and Paul (Richard Riehle) and when Greg disappears, Rachel is left alone to unravel the mystery and save their lives. Kef Lee, Toby Gadison and Karin Duseva round out the cast.
- 2/3/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
FEARnet.com is premiering over 30 genre-centric short films in 2013, treating viewers to an eclectic blend of festival favorites, international picks, rarely-seen gems, and more. New titles have already begun appearing on the site and will continue to be added every other week.
All of the short films can be viewed at FEARnet.com.
From the Press Release:
As part of its movement to original short-form programming, FEARnet is proud to introduce all-new episodes of the popular 30-Second Bunnies Theatre franchise, made exclusively for FEARnet by creator Jennifer Shiman—a horror enthusiast and work-from-home mom who began making these animated shorts in 2004, with her well-received re-imagining of The Exorcist. “I’m a huge horror fan, first and foremost,” said Shiman, who creates the shorts, herself, over the course of six weeks. “The Exorcist is one of my favorite horror movies, and I always had an interest in cartoons and animation. The...
All of the short films can be viewed at FEARnet.com.
From the Press Release:
As part of its movement to original short-form programming, FEARnet is proud to introduce all-new episodes of the popular 30-Second Bunnies Theatre franchise, made exclusively for FEARnet by creator Jennifer Shiman—a horror enthusiast and work-from-home mom who began making these animated shorts in 2004, with her well-received re-imagining of The Exorcist. “I’m a huge horror fan, first and foremost,” said Shiman, who creates the shorts, herself, over the course of six weeks. “The Exorcist is one of my favorite horror movies, and I always had an interest in cartoons and animation. The...
- 1/29/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Today we rolled out a new installment of Jennifer Shiman's hilarious 30-Second Bunnies Theatre animated series, this one made exclusively for FEARnet.com. But that's just the beginning of what we've got lined up for you in 2013. Not only is Shiman producing several more episodes just for us, we've also got a massive lineup of over thirty new entries for our shorts collection, hailing from filmmakers all over the globe.
Shiman first began animating the Bunnies shorts in 2004 with a dead-on Exorcist parody, which became a runaway online hit and a horror fan favorite. “The Exorcist is one of my favorite horror movies,” she explains, “and I always had an interest in cartoons and animation. The idea of bunnies came about because I wanted to find a character that would lend itself to a short film synopsis.” The rest is viral video history, and now she's bringing her creations...
Shiman first began animating the Bunnies shorts in 2004 with a dead-on Exorcist parody, which became a runaway online hit and a horror fan favorite. “The Exorcist is one of my favorite horror movies,” she explains, “and I always had an interest in cartoons and animation. The idea of bunnies came about because I wanted to find a character that would lend itself to a short film synopsis.” The rest is viral video history, and now she's bringing her creations...
- 1/28/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
If you're into short films, you need the Blue-Tongue Films collective in your life. Consisting of Nash Edgerton (The Square co-writer/director; stuntman pundit), Spencer Susser (Hesher writer/director), Joel Edgerton (Warrior, Animal Kingdom, Zero Dark Thirty actor), Luke Doolan, Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here co-writer/director), David Michôd (Animal Kingdom writer/director), and Mirrah Foulkes, these folks have paved their way in the short film world with perhaps the most innovative films in the last decade. These guys are responsible for cult hits Spider, I Love Sarah Jane, Lucky, Bear, and a lot more. You can watch all of them over on their official website. Co-directors Nash and Spencer teamed up with Taika Waititi (Eagle vs Shark writer/director) for their latest short, The Captain. It's about a pilot...
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- 1/24/2013
- Screen Anarchy
One of our most anticipated titles at Sundance 2013 is The Captain, the short film collaboration between directors Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser - who have made some of the most memorable short films in recent years: Lucky, Spider, Bear and I Love Sarah Jane.Like Nash did with Bear, in which he cast fellow director Warwick Thornton in a small but crucial role, not to mention his "Must Be Santa" music video for Bob Dylan, which had directors Glendyn Ivin and Luke Doolan prancing around a Christmas party, The Captain stars another director chum. This time Eagle vs Shark and Boy director Taika Waititi is the star of the show. Here's the synopsis:a man wakes up with a hangover, only to discover the consequences of...
- 12/9/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Short Rounds is a biweekly column dedicated to spreading the love of short film. Every other Wednesday we'll curate a number of flicks around a theme, from current film festivals to whatever is in the air. You know you've got the time. Tim Burton’s original Frankenweenie debuted in 1984, almost three decades ago. Now, all these years later, we get to see his new stop-motion take on the old film. Yet while the wait is extraordinary, the project isn’t. Shorts get adapted and expanded all the time, often to great success. District 9 comes to mind, or Bottle Rocket. Others are currently in the works, like Spencer Susser’s I Love Sarah Jane and Andres Muschietti’s Mamá. Some of these are more faithful than others. Frankenweenie...
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- 10/4/2012
- by Daniel Walber
- Movies.com
Short films have long been a good calling card for filmmakers just starting out, and with exposure so much greater on the Internet for anything dazzling enough to go viral, Hollywood is taking even more notice than ever. And with our eyes on these films, too, they’re familiar titles and plots worth capitalizing on, so producers aren’t just interested in the directors but also the ideas themselves. This is why a bunch of recent shorts, including Pixels, The Gift and I Love Sarah Jane, are currently being adapted into features. Funny, then, that a short from 1984 is the basis for the new animated feature Frankenweenie. Tim Burton reached back nearly 30 years to his live-action film of the same name, which had at the time got him fired from Disney, and has remade it for...
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- 10/1/2012
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Short films are an often underappreciated art form. The ability to tell an effective story within “40 minutes or less”, as defined by the Academy, is certainly a talent, and can often be a medium for aspiring filmmakers to prove their chops and transition into feature length productions. The same principle holds true for aspiring actors as well, with many big screen stars honing their craft on smaller movies. Thus, every sunday, we will highlight one such film, to give our readers a look at how directors, writers, and actors perform with time limitations.
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Today’s film is the 2008 short I Love Sarah Jane. Directed by Spencer Susser and co-written by Susser and David Michôd, the same team behind 2010′s Hesher, this short stars Jane Eyre star Mia Wasikowska as the titular Sarah Jane. A full length adaptation of the story is currently in production.
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Today’s film is the 2008 short I Love Sarah Jane. Directed by Spencer Susser and co-written by Susser and David Michôd, the same team behind 2010′s Hesher, this short stars Jane Eyre star Mia Wasikowska as the titular Sarah Jane. A full length adaptation of the story is currently in production.
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- 10/1/2012
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
by Steve Dollar
Shorts—as in short films—have become a peculiar manifestation of film festival culture. Almost any festival you go to will have multiple shorts programs on the schedule. And guaranteed, the filmmaker you meet who wins the short-film prize will be back soon with something special, whether it's the guy who made Hesher (see the Down Under zombie mash note I Love Sarah Jane) or the guy who made Beasts of the Southern Wild (anticipated by Glory at Sea). I don't really know under what circumstances they are exhibited anywhere else outside the institutional/museum/repertory world. Nonetheless, YouTube and Vimeo appear to be terrific bounties for short-film surfing and many an auteur's DVD bonus features would be sorely lacking if they didn't include available and relevant short exercises that laid the groundwork for the masterpiece at hand.
Josh and Benny Safdie had the bright idea of...
Shorts—as in short films—have become a peculiar manifestation of film festival culture. Almost any festival you go to will have multiple shorts programs on the schedule. And guaranteed, the filmmaker you meet who wins the short-film prize will be back soon with something special, whether it's the guy who made Hesher (see the Down Under zombie mash note I Love Sarah Jane) or the guy who made Beasts of the Southern Wild (anticipated by Glory at Sea). I don't really know under what circumstances they are exhibited anywhere else outside the institutional/museum/repertory world. Nonetheless, YouTube and Vimeo appear to be terrific bounties for short-film surfing and many an auteur's DVD bonus features would be sorely lacking if they didn't include available and relevant short exercises that laid the groundwork for the masterpiece at hand.
Josh and Benny Safdie had the bright idea of...
- 6/28/2012
- GreenCine Daily
Want to make something brilliant? Take actor and rising director Kieran Darcy-Smith and accomplished actor Felicity Price; add the producer for incredible award-winning short films Crossbow and I Love Sarah Jane, Angie Fielder; add a dash of Blue Tongue Films genius (Animal Kingdom, The Square) then cast fast-rising actors Joel Edgerton and Teresa Palmer. And stir. With all that talent you're bound to make something pretty amazing. Okay. Want to launch it directly into the indie film stratosphere? Premiere it at Sundance. Not just that; open the world dramatic competition at Sundance. Yeah, the section that your colleague David Michôd won two years ago with Animal Kingdom, before taking it straight into the heart of awards season and critics' best of year lists. You know, no pressure. That's exactly what director...
- 12/2/2011
- Screen Anarchy
With the past few years seeing a huge resurgence in Australian cinema, I have to say I'm a bit disappointed with how this looks. Considering the same productions companies behind The Square and the awesome zombie short I love Sarah Jane produced it, I was expecting something grittier. Even with Joel Edgerton starring, it looks like director Kieran Darcy-Smith's first feature is using the same polish Hollywood does.
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- 12/2/2011
- QuietEarth.us
Though Hesher is Spencer Susser’s feature debut, his directing career really began in 2008 with an impressive short film called I Love Sarah Jane. The short drew acclaim from all kinds of festivals and – more importantly – paved the way for his involvement with soon-to-be producer Natalie Portman; Susser sent her Sarah Jane and [...]
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- 6/3/2011
- by Ben
- Filmonic.com
Also Reveals 'Star Wars'-Assisted Birth Of Australia's Blue Tongue Films Collective While watching the bizarrely confrontational "Hesher," opening this Friday in limited release and starring an electric Joseph Gordon-Levitt (alongside Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson), you might think to yourself--who the hell made this thing? Well, that would be co-writer/director Spencer Susser, who makes his feature debut with "Hesher" after directing music videos, commercials, and crafting the acclaimed zombie short film "I Love Sarah Jane," which starred a then-little-known Mia Wasikowska before she blew up with Tim Burton's "Alice In Wonderland." In this interview, conducted at this year's SXSW Film…...
- 5/11/2011
- The Playlist
Interview With Spencer Susser On Hesher
Hesher screened at Austin’s SXSW film fest a few months ago and writer/director Spencer Susser took the time to sit down with me to discuss his film. We also spoke about his upcoming feature-length zombie apocalypse/romance film based on a short of his called I Love Sarah Jane. In Hesher, we follow an unstable drifter who violently inserts himself into a grieving boy’s life and home. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman star in this indie drama heavy on character studies, light on plot. Gordon-Levitt proved himself as an actor of some caliber. Veering away from his usual comedic role, Gordon-Levitt nailed the role of Hesher, providing a necessary depth to the unlikable, sometimes uncomfortably brutal psychopath. Susser had nothing but good things to say about Gordon-Levitt. “He’s just an amazing actor, he’s like a chameleon. He really is able to become someone else,...
Hesher screened at Austin’s SXSW film fest a few months ago and writer/director Spencer Susser took the time to sit down with me to discuss his film. We also spoke about his upcoming feature-length zombie apocalypse/romance film based on a short of his called I Love Sarah Jane. In Hesher, we follow an unstable drifter who violently inserts himself into a grieving boy’s life and home. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman star in this indie drama heavy on character studies, light on plot. Gordon-Levitt proved himself as an actor of some caliber. Veering away from his usual comedic role, Gordon-Levitt nailed the role of Hesher, providing a necessary depth to the unlikable, sometimes uncomfortably brutal psychopath. Susser had nothing but good things to say about Gordon-Levitt. “He’s just an amazing actor, he’s like a chameleon. He really is able to become someone else,...
- 5/10/2011
- by Amy Curtis
- We Got This Covered
When is a zombie movie not a zombie movie? “Hesher” director Spencer Susser answers that question with gusto in his 2008 film “I Love Sarah Jane.” The short does have a zombie, and it’s a pretty classic variety of zombie at that. It looks like a zombie, hungers for human flesh and can infect with zombie-ness by biting you. Yet that’s the extent to which “I Love Sarah Jane” conforms to the genre. The cast of healthy human characters, entirely kids and teenagers, are neither running away from an undead horde nor holed up trying to fight them off. It’s…...
- 5/9/2011
- Spout
The key players of "The King's Speech" - Tom Hooper and Colin Firth
The Time 100 list always fascinates me, the whos and whys of the list never failing to hold my interest. First point of reference though is, okay, who from our world of film made it… James Cameron? Morgan Spurlock? Johnny Depp? Who???
For those of you who are similarly inclined, here are the folk from film on this year’s list, do you agree with their inclusion???
Amy Poehler – although known primarily for her work on “Saturday Night Live” and “Parks and Recreation,” she is, of course, a familiar face on film. “Baby Mama,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” “Blades of Glory” and “Mean Girls” come most easily to mind.
Geoffrey Canada – not quite a known entity in film, this incredible educator is featured heavily in a film of which we’re fans, Davis Guggenheim’s documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman.
The Time 100 list always fascinates me, the whos and whys of the list never failing to hold my interest. First point of reference though is, okay, who from our world of film made it… James Cameron? Morgan Spurlock? Johnny Depp? Who???
For those of you who are similarly inclined, here are the folk from film on this year’s list, do you agree with their inclusion???
Amy Poehler – although known primarily for her work on “Saturday Night Live” and “Parks and Recreation,” she is, of course, a familiar face on film. “Baby Mama,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” “Blades of Glory” and “Mean Girls” come most easily to mind.
Geoffrey Canada – not quite a known entity in film, this incredible educator is featured heavily in a film of which we’re fans, Davis Guggenheim’s documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman.
- 4/21/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The key players of "The King's Speech" - Tom Hooper and Colin Firth
The Time 100 list always fascinates me, the whos and whys of the list never failing to hold my interest. First point of reference though is, okay, who from our world of film made it… James Cameron? Morgan Spurlock? Johnny Depp? Who???
For those of you who are similarly inclined, here are the folk from film on this year’s list, do you agree with their inclusion???
Amy Poehler – although known primarily for her work on “Saturday Night Live” and “Parks and Recreation,” she is, of course, a familiar face on film. “Baby Mama,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” “Blades of Glory” and “Mean Girls” come most easily to mind.
Geoffrey Canada – not quite a known entity in film, this incredible educator is featured heavily in a film of which we’re fans, Davis Guggenheim’s documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman.
The Time 100 list always fascinates me, the whos and whys of the list never failing to hold my interest. First point of reference though is, okay, who from our world of film made it… James Cameron? Morgan Spurlock? Johnny Depp? Who???
For those of you who are similarly inclined, here are the folk from film on this year’s list, do you agree with their inclusion???
Amy Poehler – although known primarily for her work on “Saturday Night Live” and “Parks and Recreation,” she is, of course, a familiar face on film. “Baby Mama,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” “Blades of Glory” and “Mean Girls” come most easily to mind.
Geoffrey Canada – not quite a known entity in film, this incredible educator is featured heavily in a film of which we’re fans, Davis Guggenheim’s documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman.
- 4/21/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Three years ago we played a short film at Fantastic Fest called I Love Sarah Jane. In just fourteen minutes, director Spencer Susser crafts a perfect, beautiful, tender coming-of-age moment between an adolescent boy and his first crush. The film played Fantastic Fest, which you might not at first suspect, because this heart-felt scenario is framed within the context of a future world that is a cross between Lord Of The Flies and a zombie apocalypse. I Love Sarah Jane was my hands-down favorite short of they year, and is still one of my favorite shorts of all time. The zombies are great, the effect are well-done and it hits all the genre notes perfectly. That’s fine and all, but what is really potent about the short is Spencer’s ability to get believable, honest performances out of real kids. For that reason, Spencer was at one time on...
- 4/12/2011
- by Tim League
- OriginalAlamo.com
Why Watch? There is absolutely nothing wrong with shooting a flaming arrow at a zombie to blow it up. There’s also nothing wrong with Spencer Susser’s short film I Love Sarah Jane. Especially since there’s nothing wrong with Mia Wasikowska dropping F-bombs a lot. I mean, a lot. There are a lot of instances and colorful uses of the word Fuck here. The gore is particularly gruesome with some droolingly uneasy wounds and creeping zombie make-up as the bloody cherry on top. Thanks, Australia! What Will It Cost? Just 12 minutes of your time. Does it get better any better than that? Check out I Love Sarah Jane for yourself: I Love Sarah Jane (2008) Directed By: Spencer Susser Written By: Spencer Susser & David Michod Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Brad Ashby, Beau South, Vladimir Matovic, and Peter Yacoub Trust us. You have time for more short films.
- 3/29/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Writer/director Spencer Susser first popped up on our radar with his “young romance amidst the zombie apocalypse” short film I Love Sarah Jane, which has garnered a huge amount of buzz since its release in 2008.
Susser recently celebrated the premiere of his latest flick, Hesher, during the South by Southwest Film Festival a few weeks back in Austin. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who should most definitely be on the Oscar radar for his jarring performance as the titular character), Rainn Wilson, Oscar-winner Natalie Portman, Piper Laurie and newcomer Devin Brochu.
Even though Hesher is not exactly horror (it’s got a lot of intensely dark humor and a few really messed-up scenarios thrown in there though), Dread Central jumped at the opportunity to chat with Susser in Austin to talk about what a disturbed and twisted character like Hesher represents to him, how he assembled an all-star cast...
Susser recently celebrated the premiere of his latest flick, Hesher, during the South by Southwest Film Festival a few weeks back in Austin. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who should most definitely be on the Oscar radar for his jarring performance as the titular character), Rainn Wilson, Oscar-winner Natalie Portman, Piper Laurie and newcomer Devin Brochu.
Even though Hesher is not exactly horror (it’s got a lot of intensely dark humor and a few really messed-up scenarios thrown in there though), Dread Central jumped at the opportunity to chat with Susser in Austin to talk about what a disturbed and twisted character like Hesher represents to him, how he assembled an all-star cast...
- 3/28/2011
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
Writer/director Joshua Hull is quickly making a name for himself within the horror genre in a very short time. His first feature, the zombie comedy Beverly Lane, debuted this past October to sell-out crowds and he’s currently gearing up for his next project Idiot Gore, which is set to start filming soon. Hull, who decided to use an unprecedented approach to his latest project by letting fans compete to create his killer, is keeping that collaborative spirit alive and will be filming scenes from Idiot Gore during the upcoming Days of the Dead convention.
Check out Hull’s five favorite indie genre projects below!
1. Scalene (Directed by Zack Parker)
Zack is good friend and I was lucky enough to attend the private screening of Scalene a few weeks back. It's not a horror film, it's a perceptual thriller starring Margo Martindale, Hannah Hall and Adam Scarimbolo. I had...
Check out Hull’s five favorite indie genre projects below!
1. Scalene (Directed by Zack Parker)
Zack is good friend and I was lucky enough to attend the private screening of Scalene a few weeks back. It's not a horror film, it's a perceptual thriller starring Margo Martindale, Hannah Hall and Adam Scarimbolo. I had...
- 3/15/2011
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
Just last month we got a look at the first trailer for the Sundance selected, chaotic drama Hesher starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Now it looks like director Spencer Susser will return to his roots for one of his next projects. The Age (via The Playlist) reports Susser is in the midst of adapting his short film I Love Sarah Jane (watch it below) into a feature length film. Though the title implies a simple romance, the story actually follows love in the midst of a zombie-infested, post apocalyptic world. There's nothing quite like embracing and sharing a kiss while a horde of zombies claws and staggers your way wanting your love stricken hearst and brains. The film is almost four years old now, but features a now recognizable name in Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) along with relatively unknown talents like Brad Ashby, Valdimimir Matovic, Beau South and Peter Yacoub. The...
- 3/1/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
The collective, made up of six Aussies and one American, hit a high point this past Sunday when Jacki Weaver, star of Blue-Tongue member David Michod’s Animal Kingdom, was among the nominees for Best Actress at the Oscars. Formed by seasoned stuntman Nash Edgerton, his actor brother Joel, and Kieran Darcy Smith, Blue-Tongue began as a group of friends who could turn to each other for guidance and inspiration in all their various film projects. It seems to be working. Last year, member Luke Doolan’s short, Miracle Fish, was nominated for an Oscar and the Brothers Edgerton collaboration, The Square, raked in a bevy of Australian film awards. Now, the collective, which Film Comment hailed as “the next New Wave,” is focusing their attention on Say Nothing, a psychological thriller that is currently shooting in Cambodia under the direction of Darcy-Smith. Lone American member and self proclaimed “wannabe...
- 3/1/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
[1] Ever since we first [2] came across Spencer Susser's wonderful short film I Love Sarah Jane in 2008, we've been following the young Australian filmmaker's career with great interest. We featured [3] another short by Susser, A Love Story, in 2010, and Peter Sciretta gave Susser's feature film debut Hesher a positive review [4] at last year's Sundance. Now it seems that Susser will be going back where he started, and turning his I Love Sarah Jane into a feature length film. The movie takes place in a post-zombie-apocalypse universe, and centers around a 13-year-old boy named Jimbo (Brad Ashby) who is nursing a crush on the no-nonsense Sarah Jane (Mia Wasikowska before she fell down that rabbit hole [5]). Watch (or rewatch) the short film after the jump. Australia's The Age [6] (via ThePlaylist [7]) reported Susser is currently working a screenplay for the feature-length adaptation of I Love Sarah Jane. Although I find the short...
- 3/1/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Spencer Susser (Hesher) has announced that he plans to adapt his zombie-apocolypse themed short into a full length feature.
The film, titled I Love Sarah Jane, was released in 2007 and told the story an adolescent love story set against the backdrop of a zombie infestation. It starred Mia Wasikowska before she hit fame with Alice In Wonderland and The Kids Are All Right as well as Brad Ashby, Beau South and Peter Yacoub.
It's uncertain as of yet whether this will be Susser's next project or whether any of the aforementioned performers will return.Take a look at the short film below and let us know whether you think it'll make a good feature.
The film, titled I Love Sarah Jane, was released in 2007 and told the story an adolescent love story set against the backdrop of a zombie infestation. It starred Mia Wasikowska before she hit fame with Alice In Wonderland and The Kids Are All Right as well as Brad Ashby, Beau South and Peter Yacoub.
It's uncertain as of yet whether this will be Susser's next project or whether any of the aforementioned performers will return.Take a look at the short film below and let us know whether you think it'll make a good feature.
- 3/1/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Last year right before Halloween we shared with our readers a pretty cool Aussie short film entitled "I Love Sarah Jane". What does that have to do with the Oscars? In a round-about way Natalie Portman's win for Black Swan and Jacki Weaver's nomination for Animal Kingdom could help the filmmaking collective known as Blue-Tongue Films finance a feature-length version of Spencer Susser's zombie-themed short.
As IndieWire's The Playlist blog explains it, among the gestating films from the [Blue-Tongue] team is one from [director] Spencer Susser — the man behind the upcoming Hesher starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, [Best Actress Oscar winner] Natalie Portman, and Rainn Wilson — and it will see him adapt his acclaimed post-apocalytic zombie short “I Love Sarah Jane” into a full-length feature film. No word on if the project will be Susser’s next, but with zombies all the rage at the moment, there’s probably never been a better time for him to tackle it.
As IndieWire's The Playlist blog explains it, among the gestating films from the [Blue-Tongue] team is one from [director] Spencer Susser — the man behind the upcoming Hesher starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, [Best Actress Oscar winner] Natalie Portman, and Rainn Wilson — and it will see him adapt his acclaimed post-apocalytic zombie short “I Love Sarah Jane” into a full-length feature film. No word on if the project will be Susser’s next, but with zombies all the rage at the moment, there’s probably never been a better time for him to tackle it.
- 3/1/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
While Natalie Portman is also producing Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the actress-turned-producer's name could help bring a zombie short to the big screen. According to Indiewire, Spencer Susser is adapting his zombie-apocalypse short I Love Sarah Jane into a feature length film. Susser looks to gain a lot of attention with the release of Hesher, which stars both Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Could this garner him enough attention to snag a budget for his zombie uprising? The short film was released back in 2007 starring a pre-fame Mia Wasikowska along with Brad Ashby, Vladmimir Matovic, Beau South and Peter Yacoub. Its a simple story of young love in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world. Despite the low budget and already dated SFX, the mood and tone created by Susser and the performances by leads Ashby and Wasikowska result in a cute, compelling piece of work...
- 2/28/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
In 2008, Spencer Susser unleashed love and zombies with his short film I Love Sarah Jane. A story about Jimbo (Brad Ashby), a 13-year-old in love with Sarah Jane (Mia Wasikowska). That sounds pretty normal until you realize that they live in a post-apocalyptic world full of zombies. You can check out the short right here....
Susser is getting his chance to expand on the story as he gets ready to give I Love Sarah Jane the feature length treatment for Blue-Tongue Films. Not much else could be found regarding the project but one has to wonder if Wasikowska will show up in the feature after starring in the short film.
Written by lead HorrorBid columnist: "Canadian Will"
Source: Fangoria
Original post blogged on b2evolution.
Susser is getting his chance to expand on the story as he gets ready to give I Love Sarah Jane the feature length treatment for Blue-Tongue Films. Not much else could be found regarding the project but one has to wonder if Wasikowska will show up in the feature after starring in the short film.
Written by lead HorrorBid columnist: "Canadian Will"
Source: Fangoria
Original post blogged on b2evolution.
- 2/28/2011
- by Keepers of the Bid
- Horrorbid
Posters for Rubber, Super, Insidious, Winnie the Pooh and Green Lantern.
Peter Weller, the original Robocop, has a video message at Funny or Die for the people of Detroit about the upcoming statue.
"Universal Pictures has acquired domestic distribution rights to Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of John Le Carre's "Tinker, Tailor, Solder, Spy" and is is eyeing a November or December release for the picture..." (full details)
"Jimmi Simpson ("Date Night," "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia") has joined the cast of Timur Bekmambetov’s "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". Simpson play Lincoln’s right-hand man..." (full details)
"Mark Ruffalo says the mo-capped Hulk he plays in "The Avengers" has his facial features - "all the features are mine, they're just really big"..." (full details)
"Mila Kunis says don't be so sure of those reports she's set for Sam Raimi's "Oz the Great and Powerful," saying at last night's Oscars...
Peter Weller, the original Robocop, has a video message at Funny or Die for the people of Detroit about the upcoming statue.
"Universal Pictures has acquired domestic distribution rights to Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of John Le Carre's "Tinker, Tailor, Solder, Spy" and is is eyeing a November or December release for the picture..." (full details)
"Jimmi Simpson ("Date Night," "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia") has joined the cast of Timur Bekmambetov’s "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". Simpson play Lincoln’s right-hand man..." (full details)
"Mark Ruffalo says the mo-capped Hulk he plays in "The Avengers" has his facial features - "all the features are mine, they're just really big"..." (full details)
"Mila Kunis says don't be so sure of those reports she's set for Sam Raimi's "Oz the Great and Powerful," saying at last night's Oscars...
- 2/28/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
One of the most talked about and truly beloved films here at Gordon and the Whale has been the Spencer Susser-directed film, Hesher.
Ever since debuting at Sundance 2010 (read our review here), the film has slowly been making a name for itself while on the festival circuit, and will next play this year’s SXSW Film Festival, where it’s one of the more talked about films showing. Now however, it looks as though Susser is looking for his next project.
Read more on Hesher director Spencer Susser working on a feature-length take of short I Love Sarah Jane…...
Ever since debuting at Sundance 2010 (read our review here), the film has slowly been making a name for itself while on the festival circuit, and will next play this year’s SXSW Film Festival, where it’s one of the more talked about films showing. Now however, it looks as though Susser is looking for his next project.
Read more on Hesher director Spencer Susser working on a feature-length take of short I Love Sarah Jane…...
- 2/28/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- GordonandtheWhale
The filmmaking collective known as Blue-Tongue Films are slowly but surely embedding themselves into Hollywood with their recent string of films--"Animal Kingdom," "Hesher," "The Square"--raising eyebrows around town. The main project in the works at the moment from the production shingle is Kieran Darcy-Smith's debut with psychological thriller "Say Nothing" but among the gestating films from the team is one from Spencer Susser--the man behind the upcoming "Hesher" starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson--and it will see him adapt his acclaimed post-apocalytic zombie short "I Love Sarah Jane" into a full-length feature film. No word on if the…...
- 2/28/2011
- The Playlist
An Oscar nomination carries more weight than you'd think.
Like magic, the honor helps unearth projects that have been lying dormant for years. Such is the case with "Hesher," a film that debuted at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and is finally nearing the end of the tunnel: a proposed theatrical release in April.
The sudden release isn't surprising - with Best Actress nominee (and frontrunner) Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt of "Inception" in the cast and hitting the peak of their buzz, it's the perfect time for a smaller film like "Hesher" to hit public eye. Especially a movie as offbeat as "Hesher."
Directed by Spencer Susser, whose previous work consists of the zombie young love short film "I Love Sarah Jane," "Hesher" revolves around a boy and his depressed father (played by "The Office"'s Rainn Wilson), who encounter the greasy, off-kilter, pyro Hesher (Gordon-Levitt) and become sucked into his world of madness.
Like magic, the honor helps unearth projects that have been lying dormant for years. Such is the case with "Hesher," a film that debuted at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and is finally nearing the end of the tunnel: a proposed theatrical release in April.
The sudden release isn't surprising - with Best Actress nominee (and frontrunner) Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt of "Inception" in the cast and hitting the peak of their buzz, it's the perfect time for a smaller film like "Hesher" to hit public eye. Especially a movie as offbeat as "Hesher."
Directed by Spencer Susser, whose previous work consists of the zombie young love short film "I Love Sarah Jane," "Hesher" revolves around a boy and his depressed father (played by "The Office"'s Rainn Wilson), who encounter the greasy, off-kilter, pyro Hesher (Gordon-Levitt) and become sucked into his world of madness.
- 2/21/2011
- by Matt Patches
- NextMovie
We didn't expect to hear anything about this for a while, but it looks like this is hitting theaters in April, so here's a (likely unofficial) trailer from YouTube (via The Playlist) to introduce you to it. Hesher is the first feature from Spencer Susser, director of that zombie short I Love Sarah Jane, and it has an impressive cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson and Devin Brochu, also from I Love Sarah Jane. But... it's not that good. I saw it at Sundance and didn't care for it at all, in fact, it's a film that I suggest staying away from, despite how badass/crazy it may look here. Check it out, but that's my warning. Watch the first (unofficial) trailer for Spencer Susser's Hesher: Hesher is a loner. He hates the world and everyone in it. He has long hair and tattoos. He's malnourished and smokes lots of cigarettes.
- 2/20/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Lionsgate has confirmed that Mike White, who wrote School of Rock and Nacho Libre, both starring Jack Black, will be at the helm of the Seth Grahame-Smith’s re-interpretation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies that features heroine Elizabeth Bennet. Natalie Portman still rumored to be the producer behind the film, however there’s still no cast members yet. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a 2009 novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. It is a mashup combining Jane Austen’s classic 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice with elements of modern zombie fiction, crediting Austen as co-author. Related Posts:Natalie Portman Not starring in Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesPride and Predjudice and Zombies: No director for Pride and prejudice?Book Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Author Steve HockensmithBook Review: Pride and Predjudice and Zombies – Author Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-SmithFilm Review: I Love Sarah Jane (Short) (2008)©2010 Horror News.net | Horror Movies,...
- 11/16/2010
- by MEL
- Horror News
Here at Dread Central we're always on the lookout for cool videos and short films to share with our readers, and today we're happy to present "I Love Sarah Jane", a short film written by Spencer Susser (who also directed) and David Michôd. Set in a smoky, grey sky of a world populated by zombies and survivalist children, "I Love Sarah Jane" stars the always fabulous Mia Wasikowska.
Ah, young love. The air seems clearer. The sun seems brighter. There's a spring in the step. Too bad about the zombie apocalypse.
For a bit of background on the filmmakers, Susser's Hesher, a comedy featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman, premiered and got picked up at Sundance, and Michôd's Animal Kingdom, which won the world cinema jury prize at Sundance, has received rapturous reviews all year long along with dark horse Oscar talk for terrifying matriarch Jacki Weaver. Both are members...
Ah, young love. The air seems clearer. The sun seems brighter. There's a spring in the step. Too bad about the zombie apocalypse.
For a bit of background on the filmmakers, Susser's Hesher, a comedy featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman, premiered and got picked up at Sundance, and Michôd's Animal Kingdom, which won the world cinema jury prize at Sundance, has received rapturous reviews all year long along with dark horse Oscar talk for terrifying matriarch Jacki Weaver. Both are members...
- 10/22/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Forget all of the negative buzz from Sundance, Hesher is one of the best indies of the year and destined for cult status when it gets released sometime next spring. This slick and exceptionally polished piece of film anarchy left an ear to ear shit eating grin plastered across my face that's still there two days later.
Who is Hesher? Hesher is a head banging, cunt punching, car bombing, nihilistic Marry Poppins for the Heavy Metal Parking Lot set and also one of the most captivating and memorable characters of recent memory.
I can already see the Hesher T-shirts flying off of the shelves at Hot Topic next year and expect to see plenty of Heshers at future Halloween parties. But don't let that assertion persuade you.
The debut feature film of Spencer Susser of I Love You Sarah Jane fame, Hesher is a wholly unique and original film that...
Who is Hesher? Hesher is a head banging, cunt punching, car bombing, nihilistic Marry Poppins for the Heavy Metal Parking Lot set and also one of the most captivating and memorable characters of recent memory.
I can already see the Hesher T-shirts flying off of the shelves at Hot Topic next year and expect to see plenty of Heshers at future Halloween parties. But don't let that assertion persuade you.
The debut feature film of Spencer Susser of I Love You Sarah Jane fame, Hesher is a wholly unique and original film that...
- 10/18/2010
- Screen Anarchy
This has been the year for the guys from Blue-Tongue Films, a talented collective of Australian filmmaking talents, whose skills range from stunts to acting to directing. Spencer Susser's Hesher, a comedy featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman, premiered and got picked up at Sundance, Nash Edgerton's nastly little noir The Square had its American release, and David Michod's Animal Kingdom, which won the world cinema jury prize at Sundance, has received rapturous reviews all year long, along with dark horse Oscar talk for terrifying matriarch Jacki Weaver. (It is, certainly, one of the year's best films.) I Love Sarah Jane was written by Susser and Michod, and directed by Susser with a wry, deadpan eye. Set in a smoky, grey sky of a world populated by zombies and survivalist children, it follows one young lad, Jimbo, who's in love with the lovely Sarah Jane (a before-she-hit-America Mia Wasikowska...
- 10/18/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
Aussie company Blue Tongue Films are about to bang Hollywood over the head. Remember that short film, I Love Sarah Jane? That was written by Spencer Susser and David Michôd, who both had feature films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival (Hesher and Animal Kingdom, respectively). Both recieved positive buzz and Michôd’s work went on to very deservingly win the Grand Jury Prize award for World Cinema – Dramatic.
Read more on Video Interview: Animal Kingdom writer/director David Michôd…...
Read more on Video Interview: Animal Kingdom writer/director David Michôd…...
- 8/13/2010
- by Chase Whale
- GordonandtheWhale
Last year, we featured a beautiful zombie short film titled I Love Sarah Jane. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out right now. It was screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and many regional film festivals around the world. And aside from being awesome, it is notable for featuring Mia Wasikowska, who later became Alice in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Writer/director Spencer Susser has been working in commercials and music videos , but has finally completed his first feature film, an indie dramedy titled Hesher starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rainn Wilson, and Natalie Portman, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival (more here, review here). This week our friends at FilmSchoolRejects posted a short film Susser wrote and directed in July 2005 titled A Love Story, which I had never seen before. The tagline is "love hurts" and this film is the literal example of that famous saying.
- 6/9/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Larry Fessenden and his production company, Glass Eye Pix, along with their low-budget horror sideline, Scareflix, have been making some of the best indie horror to come out in recent years.
From Ti West’s The Roost in 2005 and the highly acclaimed The House of the Devil in 2009 to Glenn McQuaid’s current period horror/comedy I Sell the Dead, voted Best Indie Film of 2009 by Rue Morgue magazine, Fessenden is on course to being one of the most in-demand producers/directors as well as actors in the 21st Century (check out his IMDb resume – he’s been in everything from the mainstream hit The Brave One with Jodie Foster to the cult horror favorite Session 9).
Dread Central recently interviewed the affable Fessenden about I Sell the Dead as well as future projects which, according to Larry, just may include his script for the remake of The Orphanage.
Elaine Lamkin: First off,...
From Ti West’s The Roost in 2005 and the highly acclaimed The House of the Devil in 2009 to Glenn McQuaid’s current period horror/comedy I Sell the Dead, voted Best Indie Film of 2009 by Rue Morgue magazine, Fessenden is on course to being one of the most in-demand producers/directors as well as actors in the 21st Century (check out his IMDb resume – he’s been in everything from the mainstream hit The Brave One with Jodie Foster to the cult horror favorite Session 9).
Dread Central recently interviewed the affable Fessenden about I Sell the Dead as well as future projects which, according to Larry, just may include his script for the remake of The Orphanage.
Elaine Lamkin: First off,...
- 3/30/2010
- by thebellefromhell
- DreadCentral.com
[Our thanks to Mike Sizemore for the following review.]
Sky 3D were kind enough to invite me along to last night's Royal premier of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland in London so I got to briefly tread the same red green carpet as Johnny Depp (although I was asked to sign less autographs) and don my shades in the presence of Prince Charles and Avril Lavigne. So the evening was a surreal experience even before the rabbit hole tumble.
The movie features a British who's who of voice talent and the majority of them braved the rain to watch their mostly CGI rendered performances for the first time. Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, Christopher Lee and the indomitable Barbara Windsor were in fine form with fans and press alike. Depp especially seemed determined to ignore the weather and stay outside with the fans as long as possible signing countless autographs and speaking to soaked souls who had been waiting for hours,...
Sky 3D were kind enough to invite me along to last night's Royal premier of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland in London so I got to briefly tread the same red green carpet as Johnny Depp (although I was asked to sign less autographs) and don my shades in the presence of Prince Charles and Avril Lavigne. So the evening was a surreal experience even before the rabbit hole tumble.
The movie features a British who's who of voice talent and the majority of them braved the rain to watch their mostly CGI rendered performances for the first time. Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, Christopher Lee and the indomitable Barbara Windsor were in fine form with fans and press alike. Depp especially seemed determined to ignore the weather and stay outside with the fans as long as possible signing countless autographs and speaking to soaked souls who had been waiting for hours,...
- 2/26/2010
- Screen Anarchy
It's time again to note the landing of a new Wholphin, number ten this time in the biannual subscription series from Dave Eggers' McSweeney's mill, and now more than ever it seems a vital project, even as our free time becomes increasingly consumed by watching and sharing viral "shorts" on YouTube.
Actually, what often spurs YouTube popularity isn't so far from the aesthetic-ironic rationales employed by Wholphin -- aside from newsworthiness and blooper moments and stupid people tricks, the genuine viral videos that catch on can have an odd, otherworldly sense of amazement to them, showing you something real that you never thought you'd see. Wholphin does better than that, of course, curating with not only the Omg factor in mind, but also duration, real wit and the amazement that can come with new visual perspectives. But there's also a rabid hunger at work for what's brand new not...
Actually, what often spurs YouTube popularity isn't so far from the aesthetic-ironic rationales employed by Wholphin -- aside from newsworthiness and blooper moments and stupid people tricks, the genuine viral videos that catch on can have an odd, otherworldly sense of amazement to them, showing you something real that you never thought you'd see. Wholphin does better than that, of course, curating with not only the Omg factor in mind, but also duration, real wit and the amazement that can come with new visual perspectives. But there's also a rabid hunger at work for what's brand new not...
- 2/2/2010
- by Michael Atkinson
- ifc.com
[Editor's note: Special thanks to our friend Chase over at Gordon and the Whale for the following reviews]
Splice - Written by Rusty Gordon
Rating: 7.5/10
Writers: Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant & Doug Taylor (screenplay), Vincenzo Natali & Antoinette Terry Bryant (story) Director: Vincenzo Natali Cast: Sarah Polley, Adrien Brody, Delphine Chanéac
It might be cheap to say that if you enjoy David Cronenberg, you should enjoy Splice (using one man’s art to describe another’s). But there are obvious similarities between Splice and a large body of Cronenberg’s work (if you get the pun, I’m glad that you love Cronenberg too). The big one being a body used to create horror. But in this film, the body was never completely human.
Of course, if Splice was just a straight up rip-off of Cronenberg’s films it wouldn’t work because the two would be too similar. However, Splice director Vincenzo Natali is able to have his own fun while giving a respectful nod to master Cronenberg and his other influences.
Splice - Written by Rusty Gordon
Rating: 7.5/10
Writers: Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant & Doug Taylor (screenplay), Vincenzo Natali & Antoinette Terry Bryant (story) Director: Vincenzo Natali Cast: Sarah Polley, Adrien Brody, Delphine Chanéac
It might be cheap to say that if you enjoy David Cronenberg, you should enjoy Splice (using one man’s art to describe another’s). But there are obvious similarities between Splice and a large body of Cronenberg’s work (if you get the pun, I’m glad that you love Cronenberg too). The big one being a body used to create horror. But in this film, the body was never completely human.
Of course, if Splice was just a straight up rip-off of Cronenberg’s films it wouldn’t work because the two would be too similar. However, Splice director Vincenzo Natali is able to have his own fun while giving a respectful nod to master Cronenberg and his other influences.
- 2/1/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Good news from Sundance with word that Newmarket Films has just picked up the rights to Spencer Susser's Hesher. The feature debut from the director of stunning zombie short I Love Sarah Jane, Hesher has been one of the more anticipated titles of the year around here and it's good to know we'll have a fighting chance of seeing it soon. Also good to know is that Newmarket is also in pursuit of Vincenzo Natali's Splice which means that film's distribution saga - Us rights have twice been acquired by companies that failed soon after - may be coming to an end.
- 1/28/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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