Cinema 16 European Shortfilms (US version)
So, after finishing the original version of the shortfilms, here’s my comments on the new films featuring on the US version. I also ended up liking the screenshots that I took – that’s a first!
Doodlebug by Christopher Nolan
I wrote the comment on this film a while ago but lost it, so here’s nothing but what I still remember from it: What a nice idea. I like his style (of course!) and somehow this film even made me think of Memento. The end looked a little bit photoshopped though, haha. All in all, I think this is quite a brilliant student work though.
Fierrot le Pou by Matthieu Kassovitz
I have no idea what this is supposed to be, honestly. It took me until the end to understand that this film is nothing but “Guy and girl go to play basketball alone and at some point, smile at each other. Go figure now.” So… it’s nothing special to me.
Wasp by Andrea Arnold
The way the main character speaks annoys the hell out of me. She is exactly like the mother from “Nobody Knows”, wow! Oh, and I am totally unable to understand her english, I am so bad O.o Maybe it’ll get better after I have listened to the british accent a bit more, haha.
What surprised the heck out of me, however, was the scene in which she meets this guy in his car, and you hear one single line (“You’ll never get it back”) from “Nothing” by A. I mean, gosh, I used to love this song to pieces.
This short film is brilliant and horrid at the same time. It even mentions all kinds of british pop idols (David Beckham, Robbie Williams, hahaha) Amazing XD On a more serious, it’s brilliantly executed and features all these horrible characters. I think it’s impossible to rank this.
Je t’aime John Wayne by Toby MacDonald
Hahaha, the beginning of this film is so hilarious. It’s an amazingly hommage to the Nouvelle Vague, the greatest ‘genre’ of cinema ever XD Also, the bad french makes me laugh, ah, just beautiful. It’s true, in black and white, London looks like Paris.
And now, I think I want to look like Jean Seberg and a casual affair who is like Belmondo XD
Je te deteste John Wayne…
I really hate him. *nod nod*
Christopher Nolan’s debut film! He produces original stuff exclusively, so I can’t imagine I could dislike any film by him (I guess I would even like his Batman film, if I forced myself to watch it?).
I like your way of taking screenshots. That’s a good solution indeed. :3 They all look superb, especially the one for “Wasp”.