Has anyone seen this? Because you should.

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Pete

Watch this first, as I don't want to prime your viewing expectations:

http://vimeo.com/10066407

Back? Awesome. I saw this yesterday, and it's possibly the best piece of short film narrative I've ever seen. I'm still a super-fan of Whitestone, as they create amazing films on a consistent basis, but Glory at Sea! feels like that rare one-off burst of excellence. From the acting to the story to the sound to the camera work, they all come together to create a unique, even epic experience, getting at the human condition in surreal fashion.

Anyway, I just wanted to share it here. Does anyone else have similar or differing thoughts?
 
@GuerrillaAngel, that's too bad. Think of it as a fifth of the amount of time it would take to watch a feature ;)

@ZenSteve, Whitestone is like Justin Beiber to me if I were an eleven-year-old girl. Some of their later stuff is pretty legit: http://www.whitestonemotionpictures.com/films/

Oh, and I just realized something else about the director of Glory at Sea -- his next film won the top prize at Sundance this year :eek:
 
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Totally remember this from 08, was shot on a Varicam with a 35mm ADapter if I remember right.

Turned a lot of heads.
 
Pete said:
@GuerrillaAngel, that's too bad. Think of it as a fifth of the amount of time it would take to watch a feature ;)
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Don't worry about her ... her attention span is like 15 seconds.


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I thought the video was alright... the audio was horrible but the story and narration were really good!
 
This was amazing, definitely one of the most touching and moving shorts I've seen, thanks Pete! Anyone know what the budget was at all?
 
It's really good. I can't think of one I liked better.
When you look at the credits though, you can see that it took a lot of people and a lot of money to put something like this together.
Waterworld should have been like this.
 
According to IMDB the budget was $100,000.

But the director has an old interview about this film on Youtube, in which he says that the production was still very DIY, and that the story evolved over the course of producing the film (after getting to know the characters, setting, etc). Pretty amazing and inspiring that they were able to have such flexibility considering the budget and the number of people contributing.

EDIT: here's that older interview, if you're interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYQxuMxuYrY
 
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