Originally this post was going to be all about Parallel Lines, a project sponsored by Philips in order to shift a load of their new super-wide widescreen tellies, but which more interestingly showcases five short films by different directors given the same lines of dialogue but free reign to make whatever kind of film they liked.
I was all ready to bang on about how I predict this would be snapped up by a major studio and extended into a full feature in the style of District 9, but it turns out that's already happened. Rinsch's Small is intended as a direct follow-on from The Gift and might just be the best thing since sliced Christopher Johnson. Keep your peepers peeled.
The reason this post isn't all about the Parallel Lines project is because a few days after we were presented with The Gift, another, unrelated short hit the internets which was even better. It's called Pixels, it's directed by Patrick Jean and it's brilliant. Treat yourselves to some brightly-coloured, obscenely fruity eye-crack:
PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
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And don't say I never give you anything you haven't already seen (except you Mum).
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Planet Earth attacked by 8 bit PIXELS. Brilliant. So much easier to believe than global warming which is a fable. The extra sunlight is making dissolved CO2 come out of solution in the oceans in the same way that a Coca-Cola fizzes if warm. This then adds to the atmospheric CO2. Thus warming causes CO2 increase not the other way round. Next we will be told that wind is caused by trees moving their branches. Proof? The faster they wave the branches the stronger the wind.
ReplyDeleteI can't help but feel you've strayed off the point a bit there Tony. Still, The Incredible Suit is happy to provide space for you to air your views ;-)
ReplyDeleteNo matter how mad and scientificaly unproven.....
ReplyDeleteWhat is unproven is that anything we do will make any difference in the long run. How does buying a few energy saving lightbulbs compensate for all those forest fires beyond our control?
ReplyDeleteTo get back to PIXELS I was hoping Earth would turn into the 2001 obelisk rather than a cube. It was great to see Space Invaders, Pacman, Frogger, Pong, Donkey Kong and Tetris used in such a clever way. Memories of Sinclair ZX81 and ATARI 800 come flooding back. Star Raiders was what I liked best.