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“Obsessives: Soda Pop” (2009) – Review #25

J.R.Schriver — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:22:57 +0000

A lovely short-doc about a guy with a passion: soda pop. John Nese runs a shop with over 500 kinds of pop and he’s exactly the guy you’d want to serve you when you can’t decide which of the 15 Cherry Cola brands is right for you. Lovely!

Watch the film here:

Youtube: 5 out of 5 stars (1030 reviews) / 13 minutes

“Photograph Of Jesus” (2009) – Review #24

J.R.Schriver — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:47:56 +0000

Fantastic short doc aimed at showing the breadth and depth of Getty’s Hulton Archive. The challenge for this director has been “how can you show photographs that don’t exist?” Watch the short below and witness the amazing solution to this challenge.

Youtube: 5 stars (137 reviews) / 7 minutes
Directed by: Laurie Hill

“The Marina Experiment” (2009) – Review #20

J.R.Schriver — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:33:15 +0000

A violently honest shortdoc featuring home video footage taken by the director’s late father, a man who had a few things to hide. Although the editing is very rough and has a distinct “home made” feel to it, the effect of the film is nonetheless haunting.

IMDB (awaiting 5 votes) / Official site
Directed by: Marina Lutz

“Three Pilots” (2009) – Review #19

J.R.Schriver — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:01:43 +0000

Short doc winner of CPH:DOX 2009. “Three Pilots” is a beautiful doc about flying and the people who enjoy it. Visually the film is quite poetic, but it didn’t really get to me.

7 mins.
Directed by: Philip Leaman

“The Baseball Card Movie” (2009) – Review #17

J.R.Schriver — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:37:03 +0000

I spotted this short doc over at The Documentary Blog. Simply put, it’s about baseball card collecting, something I don’t know the faintest thing about. It’s not a good introduction to somebody like me, but at least the format is original. Filmmaker Nozkowski has presented everything as first person P.O.V. Didn’t really work for me, but it’s nice to see something fresh.

Unrated / Youtube: 4.5 stars (199 reviews) / 10 minutes
Directed by: Casimir Nozkowski

“The Archive” (2008) – Review #15

J.R.Schriver — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:28:49 +0000

Paul Mawhinney owns the largest record store in the world – and now it’s for sale. He owns records that aren’t available anywhere, lots of them! This is a perfect topic for a short doc, the subject matter couldn’t bear feature length and wouldn’t be half as rewarding as a news segment.

It’s also got very high production value. It’s beautifully shot, the font and music matches the theme of the short. Notice how filmmaker Sean Dunne brings in Mawhinney’s wife at a crucial moment and with a specific purpose. Great short, well thought-out and coherent. Well done!

Watch the film here:

Unrated / Official site / 7 minutes
Directed by: Sean Dunne