UPDATE: Ah. Darragh posted it on Monday.
Hopefully I’ve got this up before Rick’s Darragh’s had the chance (we generally think the same things are cool). It’s a short film commissioned for the launch of Philips’ new telly. You’re going to see a simple and rather cliched cinematic vista, the cop versus robbers stand off, reinvigorated in delicious detail. The real genius for me here is the sweep of the narrative as the camera moves through the scene: a frozen moment that’s completely story driven. It’s a story that manages to unfurl in the headspinning superposition of the viewer, with a twofold experience of time- the moment and the movement through that moment. If you can, check out the high quality version.
I’m also seeing nods to:
Halo 3′s TV campaign
and the Timescape episode of Star Trek TNG. The video for REM’s Daysleeper video has a similar play with time, but unfortunately I can’t find it on YouTube to illustrate the point.
Via Boing Boing.
Heya Allan, great find!
In fairness, you did put a lot more into the post though, I’ll give you that!