Out of Our Minds (2009)
- Original title
- Out Of Our Minds
- Directed by
- Tony Stone
- Genre
- speculative fiction film
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A fantasy world connects a Viking heart, a car crash, and a bleeding forest. The film has no dialogue and uses music to tell its mythological story led by a female protagonist.
dreamlikevisually lushmythicalslow-burnatmosphericmelancholicexperimentalmeditativewordless
What happens
Out of Our Minds (often abbreviated as OOOM) is a 2009 fantasy film written by Melissa Auf der Maur and directed by Tony Stone. Starring Auf der Maur as the female protagonist, the film tells the mythological story of "a fantasy world where a Viking heart, a car crash and a bleeding forest connect." The film uses a musical score, composed entirely by Auf der Maur and her band, and features no dialogue in order to focus on the "striking optics" and was released as "part of a multi-disciplinary Viking-themed project that includes a short film and comic book", as well as accompanying her second studio album of the same name. Development on Out of Our Minds began as early as 2005, when Auf der Maur began the recording sessions for the album, and pre-production began in summer 2006. Independently self-produced and financed, the film itself was shot over the course of two years, in autumn 2006 and spring 2007 in Stone's hometown in Vermont, United States, where he had previously directed the simarly-themed Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America (2007). Out of Our Minds premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 2009, and was also screened at the Woodstock Film Festival and NXNE among others. During her North American and European tours in support of the album in 2009 and 2010, Auf der Maur also held screenings of the film. The film was released on DVD as part of her package including the album and comic book on March 30, 2010. The film received positive critical reception upon its release with various reviews citing it as a "manifestation of an idea created amidst a life devoted to artmaking," "crazily ambitious," and "spectacular." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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