Vimeo vid of the Day, "The Forest Keeper" by nlj
The Forest Keeper from nlj on Vimeo
| Released from his isolation chamber....a young man is introduced to the wonders and terrors of the forest by a mysterious shaman... |
Weird, weird, weird. From the 'Doctor Who' 80s style intro text, this cinematic weird-de-force fascinates and confuses. For starters, why are they speaking in robot voices? And what sort of world was this young man trapped in where he was placed in an isolation chamber? Perhaps there's other episodes, or perhaps it's more fun to imagine than to actually know. Someone give Nathan Johnson a couple million dollars so he can be the next George-David-Lucas-Lynch.
"Next up is a vampire movie involving personal-ads, sort-of-sex and man-dogs. The idea is to shoot this one on a decent camera. Forest Keeper was shot on my girlfriend's Canon Powershot. Not exactly ideal equipment but fine for streaming web stuff (it actually looks pretty interesting larger: pixelated, chunky, strange -- my pal Orland (aka The Forest Keeper...aka CPorridge who made Buffalo! To The Moon!) did some wacky color correcting to give it the strange color scheme...he also did the opening title thing (with After Effects to answer your question...)))"
Regardless of how odd it is, to say it sucked me in is an understatement. The melodic quality of the voices and the beautiful swinging angelic soundtrack brings this flick near-hypnotic qualities. Unforgettable, and a must-watch.
Director Nathan Johnson had this to say:"Next up is a vampire movie involving personal-ads, sort-of-sex and man-dogs. The idea is to shoot this one on a decent camera. Forest Keeper was shot on my girlfriend's Canon Powershot. Not exactly ideal equipment but fine for streaming web stuff (it actually looks pretty interesting larger: pixelated, chunky, strange -- my pal Orland (aka The Forest Keeper...aka CPorridge who made Buffalo! To The Moon!) did some wacky color correcting to give it the strange color scheme...he also did the opening title thing (with After Effects to answer your question...)))"
A Canon Powershot! Kudos on the uber-indie! I'm sure we're all looking forward to sort-of-sex and man-dogs. Really can't go wrong with that combo.
yes, i just recently saw this masterpiece of hilarity and wonder on Vimeo and was wondering if you were going to find it. Hahahaha, to the casual viewer, this might just creep them out.
i thought him smokin with the dude chick somethin and it saying keep it in the whole movie is fascinating and werid
love it
njl and cporridge: the dynamic duo! can't wait for njl's perverse/bizarre take on vampire movies.