Delivery :: A short film
March 15, 2005 9:47 AM Subscribe
Delivery a short film by Till Nowak, is a dystopian, Escheresque daydream, digitally animated.
Wow. Lovely! Even as little as five years ago something of that technical quality could have been nominated for an Oscar. Now a talented student can do it. Kudos.
Anyone remember Rust Boy? Poor guy's been working on that solo for four years now...
posted by gwint at 10:25 AM on March 15, 2005
Anyone remember Rust Boy? Poor guy's been working on that solo for four years now...
posted by gwint at 10:25 AM on March 15, 2005
I rather enjoyed that.
Thanks!
(Tucks it away for his penultimate movie clip DVD...)
posted by Samizdata at 10:30 AM on March 15, 2005
Thanks!
(Tucks it away for his penultimate movie clip DVD...)
posted by Samizdata at 10:30 AM on March 15, 2005
awesome! I loved the transition where the guy is pondering the power of the delivery and the camera motion uses the countertop to wipe between him standing and sitting on the couch.
posted by pmbuko at 10:47 AM on March 15, 2005
posted by pmbuko at 10:47 AM on March 15, 2005
awesome! I loved the transition where the guy is pondering the power of the delivery and the camera motion uses the countertop to wipe between him standing and sitting on the couch.
Exactly! I replayed that part to check if I saw that correctly.
posted by swordfishtrombones at 10:52 AM on March 15, 2005
Exactly! I replayed that part to check if I saw that correctly.
posted by swordfishtrombones at 10:52 AM on March 15, 2005
That was great! Does anybody remember the short science fiction story that had the same starting premise, of a man finding a box that looked down up on the world, but had a much harsher ending twist? I read it as a kid, so it must be at least 10 years old, but all my best googling and amazoning can't find it today.
posted by mrgoldenbrown at 11:12 AM on March 15, 2005
posted by mrgoldenbrown at 11:12 AM on March 15, 2005
Although I can appreciate the technical skill, I didn't like this. It's an intriguing premise but the filmmaker couldn't think of a way to take it anywhere meaningful. Contrast with the brilliant Balance.
The music was also really overbearing.
posted by dydecker at 12:09 PM on March 15, 2005
The music was also really overbearing.
posted by dydecker at 12:09 PM on March 15, 2005
I also really liked it. I think if they'd tried any harder, it would've been overreaching. Simple setup, appropriate resolution. Worked for me.
Although I agree, the music was way overdone. But isn't that the way of student films? They get student composers to score them who are, of course, looking to make the music as big as possible so they get noticed.
posted by InnocentBystander at 1:47 PM on March 15, 2005
Although I agree, the music was way overdone. But isn't that the way of student films? They get student composers to score them who are, of course, looking to make the music as big as possible so they get noticed.
posted by InnocentBystander at 1:47 PM on March 15, 2005
Stuff like this is why I'd give up booze before my broadband.
posted by alumshubby at 2:34 PM on March 15, 2005
posted by alumshubby at 2:34 PM on March 15, 2005
As you can see, I accidentally created a box containing your universe.
posted by rafter at 2:35 PM on March 15, 2005
posted by rafter at 2:35 PM on March 15, 2005
It's gonna be a real headslapper when he goes outside next week and sees a seven hundred million ton dead and rotting flower in his back yard because he doesn't live someplace with an annual rainfall of about a hundred thousand inches, which is what you'd need to support a plant that size. Hubris man, hubris.
posted by grandcrewno2 at 9:06 PM on March 15, 2005
posted by grandcrewno2 at 9:06 PM on March 15, 2005
tsk, tsk grandcrewno2 - he simply opens the box, and uses his eyedropper, have you no sense of imagination?
Personally, I would be more concerned about the ability of an organism that large withstanding gravity without falling to the ground.
posted by jkaczor at 1:33 AM on March 16, 2005
Personally, I would be more concerned about the ability of an organism that large withstanding gravity without falling to the ground.
posted by jkaczor at 1:33 AM on March 16, 2005
True, the consequences of his action are left unresolved, but to me that's one of this piece's functions as art-- to leave us to ponder these conundrums. I like that aspect of the piece.
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:12 AM on March 16, 2005
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:12 AM on March 16, 2005
(A bit late to comment, I guess, but...)
Does anyone else see that city as New Crobuzon 200 years on?
posted by dmd at 8:12 PM on March 16, 2005
Does anyone else see that city as New Crobuzon 200 years on?
posted by dmd at 8:12 PM on March 16, 2005
beautiful. thanks.
(not New Crobuzon--not magical enough, but any steel/mining town 200 years on)
posted by amberglow at 8:53 PM on March 16, 2005
(not New Crobuzon--not magical enough, but any steel/mining town 200 years on)
posted by amberglow at 8:53 PM on March 16, 2005
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