short cuts

[beuford]

i asked this before, but the hostboard shut down so i didn't get to read any responses. anyway. has anyone seen any old shorts done by now famous directors (as in the cheap **** they did when they were nobodys) was it any good?
i saw some martin scorsese short about a guy cutting himself in front of a mirror which was pretty cool, but stanley kubricks day of the fight wasn't impressive. has anyone seen bedhead (robert rodriguez) or within the woods (sam raimi) or anything else?

Beuford C Constantinople

one extra question:
is there a book like rebel without a crew for the making of evil dead? is it any good?
thanks

[Vertino]

I've seen BedHead on the El Mariachi DVD.

Its quite funny and the acting is pretty good considering that Rodriguez uses his little brother & sisters in it.

You've got to check out Night Shyamalan's short movie clip on the Unbreakable DVD - its got the worse fight scene on it... but then again considering how old he was when he made it, its not that bad!

[deanl]

Hey there.

Ive seen Bedhead it was great. Ive seen Within The Woods it was **** . Ive seen Whatever Happened to Mason Reese and The Sniper from Brett Ranter they were terrible. Flying Padre by Kubric was p*ss poor. The original Bottle Rocket from Wes Anderson was OK but the remake was a million times better. Hard Case from Guy Richie was cool. I just watched Following it was much better than I expected. Flying Car by Kevin Smith is VERY funnt but its a **** "film".

Ive seen more but I cant think of them now. On the whole they havent been that great.

Despin out.

[SoulJacker]

"Flying Car"

That is funny as fook. Good **** .

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 05, 2002 04:55 PM: Message edited by: SoulJacker ]</font>

[Yammeryammeryammer]

I've seen Bedhead on the El Mariachi DVD, and thought it was original and alike. I downloaded Within the Woods off of KaZaa a while back, and I think I still have it. I thought it was good for what it was (a demo/practice film to raise money), and for the money it was made for, I disagree with Despin. I also saw a Spielberg Super8 flick he apparently made in high school on A&E a few years back. It wasn't anything special now, but I imagine back then, with what kids were doing it was great.

[Yammeryammeryammer]

PS- Yes, there is a book that covers the makin of Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness called "The Evil Dead Companion", which I picked up on a whim expecting complete **** , but it turned out to be surprisingly well written, and contain as much detail as "Rebel Without a Crew", although it only contains excerpts from the only crew member who kept a journal. Worth the read.

[BlackArtsProductions]

i saw M Night Shayamalans' first ever fight sequence on the UNBREAKABLE dvd

[beuford]

yeh, i saw hard case too, pretty mediocre at best. kazaa? is that like audiogalaxy for films? has anyone seen any of jean-pierre jeunets (the top director around now) shorts? any good?

Beuford C Constantinople

o, and i saw one of david cronnenberg's shorts. it was **** , which was inspiring.

[Yammeryammeryammer]

KaZaa is just like any Napster-esque program, except some people have video files. www.kazaa.com then do a search