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June 15, 2004 #
 The Gawker-published "Art of Speed" Nike site offers some interesting insight to all things fast by oddly pole-positioning the business of selling athletic apparel with filmmaking. It's an admirable effort but my own take would have been slightly different. I have long been fascinated with the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and I'm glad to see the mention but I'd make sure to also include lots of NASCAR references, a look at 80's speed metal, major religious holidays which involve fasting, a review of the "Houston 600" gang-bang (be careful clicking), an analysis of NYC commute times, speed-eating records, and the story of my '75 Dodge Dart that crept along the New York State Thruway at 35mph last summer. Mainly centered around short films, my pick of the AOS litter is Stefan Nadelman's "One Step Ahead." (Dude, why not just call it "One Step Beyond" and throw in the catchy Madness song?!) I lack the proper vocabulary or knowledge to comment on film-related content other than saying it was "cool" or "sucked." Fortunately, this was the former. "One Step Ahead" is the morning snapshot of one man's daily commute (see, I've had my own issues) which is a whirlwind animated presentation with just one major structural plot flaw. While we can all sympathize with a crappy commute, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone living in an apt building with five of their cubicle cluster co-workers who all leave at the same time in the morning, don't talk to each other, much less coordinate a shared cab effort. Assholes. Yeah, I know suspension of belief is required sometimes for "art" but I'm a stickler for plausible scenarios. That's why "Speed" is my favorite movie. Archives "The Other Page" powered by Removable Hype. RSS. Copyright © 2003 La Otra Página, Inc. All nights observed. Feel free to email "info(at)krucoff.com" for questions, comments, stock tips, and family gossip. |
