A surreal film made on a shoelace budget, shot on a rooftop in Bushwick with a bunch of powdered-faced art students, and edited to look like old timey silent film where the plot line is written on a flickering slate in between scenes, running along to a soundtrack that sounds like it was recorded off a Victrola but was probably made using some filter of Garage Band sounds like a recipe for a shitbrick of pretentiousness. But that's what's going on in these clips of Patrick Cleandenim's The Scurimobile and oddly, it kind of works. We think. But we don't know why. Feeling totally confused and not being able to really form a clear opinion is refreshingly exotic. We watched these all the way through a few times and still couldn't tell how we feel; we just know they're kind of intriguing. So here you go.
A scurimobile, by the way, is an old illusory stage trick defined as "a gun with two barrels that can be aimed and fired at different subjects."
Gay
Posted by: Cronan | 23/01/2009 at 23:13
that was the worst thing i have ever seen in my life. i am so bored. i am so boring. thanks again vice magazine.
Posted by: jeff | 23/01/2009 at 23:19
the second one is actually pretty awesome. the first one not so much.
Posted by: withered | 23/01/2009 at 23:24
the title sequences are really cool, my favorite of it all probably. and my guess is they ripped the music from an old film or archive.org or something.
Posted by: cannon | 23/01/2009 at 23:27
wow this sucks..i bet the kids hwo made this like this sort of thing..the hipsters mark: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_mark
Posted by: jap | 23/01/2009 at 23:48
wow, guy. way to base your entire comment around linking to an obscure wiki page. nice one.
Posted by: | 24/01/2009 at 00:02
absolute shite
Posted by: | 24/01/2009 at 00:30
There is no real reason for anyone on this planet to watch this.
At least the second was in the style of Guy Maddin.
God I hate kids that go to art school instead of actually having the balls to live their life not giving a fuck, and making real art
Posted by: | 25/01/2009 at 00:42
No, you were right when you said this was a recipe for a shitbrick of pretentiousness.
Posted by: PB | 25/01/2009 at 10:25
'wow, guy. way to base your entire comment around linking to an obscure wiki page. nice one.'
wow, guy? what are you Canadian?
It's not obscure, you're just uneducated. Plus, remember post-modernism? the age of regurgitation? yeah everything is linked to everything else...like your mum to my D**K
Posted by: jap | 25/01/2009 at 19:58
La meilleure préparation pour demain bon travail est de faire du bon travail aujourd'hui.
Posted by: Jordan Shoe | 21/01/2011 at 06:57