This is an excerpt of the film The Week Before by Illustrator/Director/Musician/Master Thespian Dave McKean. I like this short a lot better than McKean's unrelentingly static Mirror Mask. I sometimes show this clip in class to examine visual artist film tendencies. I love the intent behind this project and it's nice to look at. But compared to the pieces by Guy Maddin, it seems so stiff and self-conscious in its grasping for poetic form. Supposedly, a compilation DVD of McKean's short films will be released from www.allenspiegelfinearts.com.
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