If you enjoyed Charles Burns' graphic novel Black Hole, a kind of That '70s Show meets The Hills Have Eyes meets the worst case of gonorrhea you've ever heard of in your life, check out Fear(s) of the Dark. It's a black-and-white French anthology of horror-ish animation. It's hit-or-miss as a whole, but Burns' 17-minute segment falls squarely in the former category. To explain it would be to give it all away (it is, after all, a short film), but I can tell you that it's pretty amazing seeing Burns' style translated to a sort of flat 3-D moving image (I think the technique is called cell-shading, and if it's not that, it's very close to that effect). Anyway, this played in, like, a theater in America, and I have no idea if it's coming out on DVD or what. I tried to upload the segment to YouTube, but I guess the subtitle file made my file wonky because it wouldn't convert. It's for the best: it would have gotten taken down and my secondary account would have been deleted. After all, that's what secondary YouTube accounts are for. Or at least, mine is.
Whatever. Fear(s) is available for your viewing ahem nonetheless.
More reasons to watch this (i.e. screen shots) are below, but beware: they're spoilery.
I saw this a while back, loved it.
I'm happy you took some screen shots, they're going to make great wallpapers for my desktop! :D
Posted by: steele | January 15, 2009 at 06:24 PM
Oh man, Black Hole is one of my favorite comics ever. Our little once-a-month book club is discussing it in February. I'm definitely downloading and bringing this to the meeting.
Posted by: Betty | January 15, 2009 at 08:05 PM
Ehmmmm, well I think I pass...
Posted by: Holy Cuteness | January 16, 2009 at 01:01 PM
I loved Black Hole. Even though it was a disquieting, eerie read. The nightmarish quality..like a bad dream, in a good way.
His segment of "Fear(s)" looks amazing.
Posted by: Arun | January 16, 2009 at 01:59 PM
Fear(s) of the Dark is currently playing on Comcast On Demand under IFC in Theaters, FYI
Posted by: nessa | January 16, 2009 at 03:38 PM
Black Hole was an awesome read in terms of story and style. i seem to remember you mentioning this earlier, thanks for the reminder i will ...ahem... watch it.
also Waltz with Bashit is ...ahem... available . see it see it see it, best film this year. oh and Happy-Go-Lucky but i already harassed you bout that one!
thanks again.
Posted by: Dodger | January 16, 2009 at 06:15 PM
ok I need to see this movie...Also I NEED to see new Pot Psychology...I hope everything is fine and that it comes back sooner than later. Honestly I look forward to it more than I should and feel for it the way you feel about "The Paper". It's a t.v. show to me and you and Tracie are perfectly different to make each PP hilarious and brilliant at times. Please don't quit on this pot head.
Posted by: Noel Brinkley | January 16, 2009 at 09:10 PM
We just watched this on IFC On Demand. It...wasn't what I was expecting. But I enjoyed it, mostly. I also enjoyed laughing at the hilarious uber-Frahnch "nightmare" monologues that included statements like "I'm afraid of mediocrity. I'm afraid of being embarrassed by Iraqi villagers watching Western TV..."
omg ME TOO!! stuff of NIGHTMARES!
Posted by: Kim | January 17, 2009 at 12:57 AM
Forgive me, as this is not related to your post. (Though, all your posts are clever and well written. You are clearly an analytical thinker, which seems rare these days in the blogging world.) I just wanted to express disappointment at the suspension of Pot Psychology. You and Tracie were quite entertaining; however, you always gave better advice. I will miss your clever remarks and your laughter.
I wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors. I will continue to enjoy your blog.
Posted by: mkl | January 17, 2009 at 02:42 PM
i also LOVE Pot Psychology, and would almost never read the other stuff on Jezebel if it weren't the initial draw to get me on the site. Just sayin'. i like Charles Burns, this was definitely the best of the bunch of all those shorts.
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