Watch: ‘The Rock of Ages’ – An Excellent Fantasy Quest Quick Movie
by Alex Billington
January 12, 2023
Supply: YouTube
“Maybe you are not looking for one thing… Maybe you are operating away from one thing…” Ohh sh*t this guidelines!! One other should watch brief movie to get pleasure from, extremely suggest watching this. The Rock of Ages is made by Australian filmmaker Eron Sheean, although it is actually an Icelandic manufacturing. The distant previous. A soldier of unsure provenance (of which military? which period?) stumbles by means of an unlimited, desolate panorama, trying to outrun the evil he is completed. Whereas fleeing his enemies, he encounters an odd speaking rock which guarantees to grant his deepest want. Starring Tómas Lemarquis because the soldier, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson because the rock. The speaking rock is an precise sensible set piece, animated by a puppeteer – Izabela Claudia Mos. It was shot on Iceland, therefore why all of it appears so attractive. I simply love how visceral and genuine this appears, and the rock jogs my memory of basic 80s films like The NeverEnding Story & Labyrinth. View in full beneath.
Due to In need of the Week for the tip on this one. Temporary description from YouTube: “Whereas fleeing from his enemies a misplaced Soldier encounters a crafty speaking Rock who guarantees to grant his deepest want. However as all the time with these bargains, there is a catch…” The Rock of Ages is written and directed by up-and-coming Australian filmmaker Eron Sheean, who additionally directed the function Errors of the Human Physique beforehand. Yow will discover extra of his work on his official web site or on his Vimeo and comply with him on IG @eronsheean. It is produced by Hlin Johannesdottir & Eron Sheean, Black Device Studios, and Xavier Gens. Co-produced by Tómas Lemarquis. With cinematography by Tómas Örn Tómasson, and music by Todd Dahlhoff, Leslie Feist & Shahzad Isma. This initially premiered on the 2021 Reykjavík Movie Competition, and toured round at just a few different fests. For more information on the movie, go to Eron’s official website. To look at extra shorts, click on right here. Ideas?