From Damian's Pacific
Daily Newsletter, Okay it was an email.
Well well well. Hard
to put into words. So I'll put it into animal sounds
instead ( . . . fade in goat noises, pig noises and Johnny Cash playing
backwards . . .). Your latest manifestation of prolonged exposure to
glue
vapors is simply splendid. The story line is unique and the subject
matter
bizarre. Notes of Kubrick and hints of lead paint consumption give rise
to
belly fulls of delightful laughter and heart burn. The special effects
and
rocket thruster noises catapult the already extravagant set treatments
into
the realm of production fantasy hardly seen since Blade Runner and Abbot
&
Costello. Uncanny realism and profoundly convincing effects actually
put
the viewer, even watching a 200x100 pixel window, deep into the world
of Mad
Max-ish mayhem and rancid desert mayonnaise. At one point I had to stop
the
play in order to confirm the false feeling that I was being arrested
and
handcuffed to a pole by Tina Turner. The following sensation of being
spanked with a ham while being chastised with, " We don't need
another
hero!!!" also had to be verified. Unfortunately that was actually
occurring.
The acting is sublime except for
some questionable performances in
particular scenes by the enormous male lead, Dave Wilson. Aside from some
convincing head turning and walking, his performance was obviously riddled
with spontaneous fits of improvisation no doubt catalyzed by an unquenchable
thirst for 12v DC current. The digital retouching (rotoscoping) necessary
to remove all of the jumper cables from Mr. Wilsons nipples in all of
the
scenes must have been a staggering undertaking in and of itself. Long
thought to be a closeted voltage abuser, Mr. Wilson clearly has grown
to
such an enormous size due to his incessant consumption of direct current.
Aside from this relatively minor technical flaw, the film will live on
in
the hearts of all human kind as a token of human beauty and we are left
with
something words can hardly begin to imply, "Lunch meat can and does
go bad."
Bravo!!
- Damian
Leah Piel with the North Atlantic
Boston Globe (personal email) writes:
Dave- your videos look amazing. i am really quite impressed. how did
you get
so good at final cut pro? did you use a book? follow a tutorial?
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