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Here’s something you won’t see every day on Deadline. A reader pointed us to the 20-minute short Loom written and directed by Luke Scott, son of Ridley and nephew of Tony. It features Giovanni Ribisi and Jellybean Howie, and Dariusz Wolski is the cinematographer:
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Wow. Incredibly impressive.
Interesting short. Hits and misses.
Points for cinematography, points for casting.
Great job setting up the dystopian future vibe. And the meat cloning is an interesting grunt job that fills out a lot of subtext.
However the point of the movie gets bogged down in a lot of slow-paced, momentum-sucking plot (or lack thereof). Sure, the stolen growth hormone gives a bit of intrigue, but this isn’t a thriller.
For an early effort, it shows a lot of promise and gets a great deal right. But either make it a slow, interesting character study that holds a mirror up to some part of society… or else add some juice and make it exciting (the climax has moments of promise). But the mix and match isn’t working.
Good luck!
I didn’t understand what the movie was about until ten minutes in, which would be fine in a feature but for an 18 minute short is way too late. And then the climax and resolution were rushed. Attempts to be profound such as with the end monologue went over my head because the film lacked clarity as to what its message was meant to be.
Of course the cinematography is great (it’s Wolski after all), and Ribisi is a capable actor. Like a lot of Ridley’s films, it is excellent visually but has a number of narrative flaws.
Very cool. Lives in the Bladerunner world. Nice to see the talent is passed on. Lots of cool shorts around lately. Found this one too, called “The Monkey’s Paw” http://www.vimeo.com/20009303 over at vimeo that I bet other film geeks like me will enjoy. Let’s keep seeing more of them, cause not a lot coming out of Hollywood these days.
I thought of Blade Runner, too.
Terrible and pretentious.
Not that impressive when you consider what’s at his disposal.
eh.
looks beautiful, Wolski is amazing.
The story – - empty, hollow, emotionless. but at least the tone is consistent.
Oh, it must have been incredibly difficult for this filmmaker to get this short made. Where did he get the money? The talent? The equipment? I am sure other struggling short filmmakers applaud his efforts for they know how impossibly hard it is to get a short film made when they are barely paying bills and particularly when they have no industry connections. This guy should be commended. What a hero!
lol – thank you for saying that – it was something that needed to be vomited out – i feel so much better now. if only we could all start at the top.
@Nepo Tism; I’m relieved to see your comment.
Incredibly unnerving, to know countless gifted Short filmmakers have never & will never, see equal light of prime real estate on Deadline…purely because their surname isn’t famous.
There’s something extremely imbalanced bordering on vile about the amount of resources, camera gear, technology, crew, cast etc… at this filmmaker’s disposal merely because of his last name.
Did the folks at ‘Red’ foot the bill if Ridley put his name on it?
Once again, the Haters want to knock another man for doing something cool.
Even if you haters had a Red camera and access to actors you still couldn’t succeed because Haters don’t have the ability to overcome the fear of Trying.
@Jon Heatt, You’re either Luke Scott’s friend, Reps or a delusional passenger on the denial train. You can’t possibly think for five seconds any of these comments are based on [hate] instead of [fact].
Without an ounce of emotion, I invite you to scientifically examine, “How and why, this person’s Short film actually got funded.” “How and why, this person’s short film landed on Deadline.” “How and why, this person is now comfortably poised to gain work over countless gifted filmmaker’s, who don’t have a famous last name or family connections.”
Tom,
I’m none of the above…rather, I’m merely an independent filmmaker who believes in hard work & Trying, instead of hating and whining.
I commend Luke Scott for following in his father’s footsteps. And I applaud new talent.
And whether I ever succeed or not, I will never become a bitter Hater like the rest of you posers…er, I mean posters.
Agree with Jon, Stop hating!
You guys sound mad thirsty! So what!, his father is famous. I see crazy potential in Luke Scotts skills. Nice to know he’ll be caring the torch of his pops.
Wow…I couldn’t agree with the above comments more. What happened to unbiased reporting on hollywood news? The only thing I learned from this overstuffed drivel is I want 20 minutes of my life back and nepotism is alive and well in tinsel town
Here. Here.
Going by this, the 1990s overblown green lighting music promos and andrew niccols style are alive and well! yawn.
Terrible story
No characters
Bad pacing
Pretentious
But hey, nice lighting
As a matter of fact, if any of you who are trying to tell this man how to make a movie and you have one of your own that is better…
PLEASE, put that link RIGHT HERE when you reply.
Let’s see all your masterful work. Go ahead, post them. Let’s see how Spielberg you are.
You can’t blame Luke Scott for being the son of Ridley, and I wish him well. The film itself is beautifully shot, but the story is slow-paced, and boring. I think it was a mistake for Luke to mimic his father’s Bladerunner, as it set expectations quite high. However on the other hand it just goes to show that money, power and connections doesn’t always mean that a project will be successful. I’ve seen some great projects on Vimeo shot on low-end gear (by comparison to RED). Video/Film gear is getting better and less expensive. So, talent, time (the most precious resource), a little finance and enthusiasm can go a long way to getting a project off the ground and getting yourself noticed.
The problem I saw with this short is it’s a feature length story condensed into a 20 minute short. I thought everything else was absolutely amazing.
I stopped watching at 9:05 when they ruined that Eppendorf P1000 pipette. Seriously if you’re going to make a SciFi with wet bench scenes take some time to research how to actually use the tools.
if anyone here points out that this shor film doesn’t have any emotion, it’s because you have none of them. good, deep, dark and moving.
Beautiful…. Especially the camerawork.