The first couple of episodes of Ben Hibon’s animations to accompany PS3 videogame, Heavenly Sword, are here and here. I had to meet this French director after I’d checked out his previous, award-winning, Codehunters, and we talked about this project he was working on. Nice to see it coming to fruition finally. One of his [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Gondry going forward with Rewind
Michel’s hitting his feature film stride now transferring prolific MV work rate to the big screen, with his next imminent: Be Kind Rewind starring Jack Black and Mos Def. Rather than quirky rom-com a la The Science of Sleep, he’s gone for all-out absurd comedy. Same kind of strategy Linklater used with Black on School [...]
LonelyGirl15 ends up on MySpace
In a deal that signals the ascendance of the independent video creator, MySpace will host and feature the Lonelygirl15 season finale this Friday. The finale, a culmination of the series to date, with 12 episodes released every hour over starting at 8 a.m. Pacific, is a bit of creative freedom that the Lonelygirl creators are [...]
Hyperkinetic, super-psychotic Liars
Just been made aware of Plaster Casts of Everything by Liars, and directed by Patrick Daughters, through Stashmedia Feed. Like an amphetamine-fuelled Karma Police, down a Lost Highway, the promo rejects heavy VFX for horrific Gondry-esque projections onto driver, passenger, and naked roadrunner. Part of The Directors Bureau stable, Daughters is currently working on debut [...]
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