What a shame, it sounds like a great start. This is how I felt about House of Leaves, particularly the section called The Navidson Record. I think we devalue short works, whether film or writing, and not all stories work at "feature length."
There's something to be said for art that poses as something that it is not. In both cases, Skinamarink and House of Leaves, the creators have good ideas that never really coalesce. Everyone around them from the consumers to the studios releasing it and the marketing teams don't want to look stupid so they nod and mumble seriously as if they "get it" and it all sort of trickles down until there's this crowd of people giving a standing ovation and lauding its deepness.
What a shame, it sounds like a great start. This is how I felt about House of Leaves, particularly the section called The Navidson Record. I think we devalue short works, whether film or writing, and not all stories work at "feature length."
There's something to be said for art that poses as something that it is not. In both cases, Skinamarink and House of Leaves, the creators have good ideas that never really coalesce. Everyone around them from the consumers to the studios releasing it and the marketing teams don't want to look stupid so they nod and mumble seriously as if they "get it" and it all sort of trickles down until there's this crowd of people giving a standing ovation and lauding its deepness.