Events

RES Screening (November 16, 2004)

Words: The Editors

Tuesday November 16, 8:00 PM
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA
Tickets: $10

Our November screening at the Egyptian Theatre features new work from a number of the talented artists featured in this year's RESFEST. Talmage Cooley, director of the popular Pol Pot's Birthday, returns with his Interpol Short Film Contest winner Dimmer, a short documentary about a gang of blind kids in Buffalo, New York. Woof Wan-Bau, who created Ikara Kolt's dynamic "Wanna Be That Way" vid, offers the animated short Watermelon Love, a product of Channel 4's Mesh filmmaking initiative. And Australian Daniel Askill offers "Reign," a music video for UNKLE that reprises some of the same techniques as his mindbending short We Have Decided Not to Die. We'll also be showing the dark new music video from Spike Jonze for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. And speaking of dark, The Streets "Blinded by the Light," directed by Adam Smith of Colonel Blimp, shows Mr. Mike Skinner at his most outrageously debauched yet.

Also on tap: new videos for The Faint, Swayzak, Blues Explosion, Earlimart, Ming & FS and many others. And directors Shafei & Levitz will be on hand to present their innovative split-screen video for Gift of Gab's "Rat Race." So be sure to join us Tuesday night for some cutting-edge work, insightful conversation and a drink at the Egyptian Theatre.

"Y Control" / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Directed by Spike Jonze
USA | 2004
Spike Jonze uncovers a tribe of wild, self-sufficient children who have made the Yeah Yeah Yeahs their house band.

"Burn It Off" / Blues Explosion
Directed by Stylewar
USA/Sweden | 2004
Swedish collective Stylewar created this classic stop-motion animation for the Blues Explosion.

"Song With No Words" / Sweatmaster
Directed by Kalle Kotila and Tomi Malakias
Finland | 2004
The winner of the 2004 Oulu Music Video Festival, Sweatmaster's saucy clip is another animated Scandinavian treat.

Dimmer
Directed by Talmage Cooley
USA | 2004
One of 10 short films created for Interpol as a part of a contest held earlier this year, Dimmer is a documentary following a gang of blind youths on the mean streets of Buffalo.

"Heaven Adores You" / Earlimart
Directed by Masayoshi Nakamura
USA | 2004
Masayoshi Nakamura further evolves the cut-and-paste style, combining live action and animated elements.

"Eternal Holiday" / Rocket Science
Director: Igan & Ukik
Australia | 2004
The gothic-themed video features a black-clad cast involved in some rather grotesque culinary experiments.

"Reign" / UNKLE
Directed by Daniel Askill
UK | 2004
In some ways a reprise of his award-winning short We Have Decided Not To Die, Daniel Askill's gorgeous slow-motion video delivers explosive results.

"Still Shinin'" / Nitro Microphone Underground
Directed by Panoptic
Japan/USA | 2004
A squad of Japanese rappers with enough specialty vehicles to make Delta Force jealous populates a sleek, composite CG city.

"On Your Way" / The Album Leaf
Directed by Fluorescent Hill
USA/Canada | 2004
A colorful group of small, gnome like creatures performs amidst the placid trees and waterfalls of northern Quebec.

"Chester Goes To Town" / Ming & FS
Directed by Rod Basham
USA | 2004
The urban landscape serves as the artist?s canvas in this gorgeously shot time-lapse film.

"Rat Race" / Gift Of Gab
Directed by Shafei & Levitz
USA | 2004
The Blackalicious star is shot from every angle, and the multitude of synched-up performances is arrayed across a visually captivating split screen.

"I Disappear" / The Faint
Directed by The Faint
USA | 2004
This self-directed performance video by Omaha's The Faint is proof that, however rarely, it is possible for a band to direct its own video with something other than horrid results.

"Fuck Kelly Osborne" / Subtle
Directed by SSSR
USA | 2004
SSSR's haunting animated piece follows some wee monsters through a spectral world.

"Room On The Third Floor" / McFly
Directed by Si & Ad
UK | 2004
Plastic model kits were the seed of the idea for this creative CG riff on the performance video.

"Keep it Coming" / Swayzak
Directed by Nathan Brown for The Rehab
UK/USA | 2004
The city environment again proves too alluring for the filmmaker to ignore in this frenetic tour of the living metropolis.

"International Lover" / RivieraF
Directed by Matt Amato
USA | 2004
Who says electroclash is over? This campy foursome can still feel the electricity coursing through their veins.

"Catch A Moment In Time" / Mocky
Directed by Jason MacFarlane
Canada | 2004
Jason MacFarlane executes this comedy rap with a Michael Bolton twist that simply cannot be denied.

Watermelon Love
Directed by Woof Wan-Bau
UK | 2004
At last, an online sex service brings together scantily clad anime characters and that most sensual of fruits, the watermelon.

"I Want More" / Faithless
Directed by Dan Gordon
UK | 2004
Constructed from rare documentary footage captured in North Korea, this video highlights the rarely seen beauty of a grand-scale athletic performance.

"Blinded By The Lights" / The Streets
Directed by Adam Smith
UK | 2004
Quickly banned from UK television, this video features The Streets' Mike Skinner on a drug-ridden downward spiral.