From: Sam Wells (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Oct 15 2005 - 18:23:12 PDT
> I saw Outer space, was dazzled by it's scale and because cameraless
> filmwork is something I'm also interested in. I then got to see the
> film it comes from, The Entity, which is pretty mind-blowing. Saw
> Outer SPace 2 more times projected and found it pretty shallow this
> time. Any creepiness that comes across in the editing was already
> there in the original, but better. The darkness too. He really
> hasn't added much to it except for fucking with the soundtrack.
I don't disagree, but almost in contradiction to its title "Outer
Space" lets you inside the mise-en-scene so to speak.
Although I'm as drawn in to "crazy or not" narratives as well, they are
after all - a trick - "only the author knows for sure" stuff.
> As my friend said, "If someone from Hollywood sees these, he's going
> to make a million bucks."
I think they already made the million bucks, now they only have to keep
iterating the money ;-)
Really I don't think they CAN "go there" -- they can deconstruct but
it's "Being John Malkovitch" IOW they won't do it without the
explanation... portals etcet. Van they admit the sheet of plastic ? I'm
not so sure....
-Sam
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