Titreenp
SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Infamousta
brilliant actors, brilliant editing
Candida
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
MartinHafer
This is a truly bizarre film and I am not sure what it had to do with Calypso music, but I did enjoy it and marvel at the excellent stop-motion camera-work and sets.While this might spoil it for some, I must point out to those younger folks that the male character in this short is supposed to be the actor, Robert Mitchum. The film posters, the costume and tattoos from NIGHT OF THE HUNTER and the character's face all indicate that for some strange reason the film makers chose Mitchum of all people for the film. By the way, mentioning Calypso is a nod to Mitchum's odd but rarely known obsession with Calypso music (he even made an album of Calypso songs called "Calypso is Like So" and the songs are actually pretty good).As for the film itself, it stars a woman who finds herself in a makeshift movie set and Robert Mitchum drops out of the sky to do a scene with her. She is totally confused and so is the audience. Later, what Mitchum has planned next is revealed--and I certainly did NOT see that coming!! Weird, dark but also funny and well made, this is one of the oddest shorts I've seen in ages. And why they picked this obscure record album for the title, I have no idea--very, very few people would know about this. I just happen to have stumbled upon it a few years back.
tedg
Wow, pretty fantastic. Right up my alley. If you like a heavy dose of movie in your movie, you'll like this.The story is simple, and it derives from the basic fact that many films are a matter of war between actor and filmmaker. They just have different missions, different lives altogether. In the worst, most comic case, an actor fully embodies the role. That's what we have here, an actor gone berserk by taking his roles seriously. He's a Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum type.We encounter him on the set of (apparently) "Calypso like So," which we know because of the huge sign with those letters. He's living in a trailer on this (again, apparently) abandoned set. This is all about him, though another character will pass through, a woman.We'll learn that he is mad, that like "The Last Picture Show," and the less comic and more engaging "Millennium Actress," his roles have become life. But because he is mad, he has killed everyone. A "blond journalist" comes on the set, is drugged, forced into a role, photographed, and killed, all according to film roles that have become stereotypes.Its clever, dense and short.Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
raphrousseau
This is the story of Robert Mitchum and a journalist who meet each other. It's very very with a lot of movie references. The script is funny even if it's so good that's it's too short. I had the chance to see the director's next pilot for a series last week-end. And it gets better and better. Have fun if you got the occasion to see it. I 've got to say that the sound and music are nice and add to the fun. It is gonna be screened at the Annecy festival of short films, the biggest in Europe. I do hope it's gonna win a price because it deserve it, really. Note that the voice of the journalist is performed by Claire Keim, a young French actress getting better and better at her job. I wish it could have been a longer movie.
