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George_J
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Re: Rubber Johnny
« Reply #1 on: Jul 13th, 2006, 2:14pm » |
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Too disturbing by half.
In one sense it was a relief, however. I thought it was going to be something on the lines of an "Inflatable Jonny". 
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
Wearing the tangerine suits
And their harlequin eyes.
The pain they inspire
Draws in harmonica melodies
And the feathers of birds
Which flame up at their touch.
It all comes to light in the sheer
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Re: Rubber Johnny
« Reply #2 on: Jul 13th, 2006, 2:15pm » |
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WTF is that? ok I first I figured, just something that you would expect to see in a really bad sfi fi movie and then it get weirder. Someone had a lot of fun playing with lights and such. To make it look like a docmentary at first. then welll I am not sure what the hell it was.
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Re: Rubber Johnny
« Reply #3 on: Jul 13th, 2006, 2:43pm » |
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I thought it was strange, but kinda cool. The dog freaked me out more than anything.
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Re: Rubber Johnny
« Reply #4 on: Jul 13th, 2006, 6:35pm » |
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ok...here's what I found out about this...
Rubber Johnny is a 6 minute experimental short film and music video directed by Chris Cunningham in 2005, using music composed by Aphex Twin. The name Rubber Johnny is drawn from a British slang for "condom" as well as a description of the main character. The DVD comes with an art book, containing stills from the film, as well as conceptual drawings, photographs and more.
The concept for Rubber Johnny came from Cunningham imagining a raver morphing as he danced. The idea evolved to the present film, in which Johnny (played by Cunningham) is an isolated mutant child with a huge overgrown cranium, strapped into a wheelchair and locked in a basement. Capable of morphing his body, he spends his life trying to amuse himself and his dog, a terrified chihuahua.
The film was originally intended to be a 30 second TV commercial for the Aphex Twin album drukqs, using the track "afx237 v7". However, Cunningham grew to like the concept more and more and decided to expand the concept into a longer length (the original commercial remains in the film in an altered form.) The film was shot partially in infrared night vision on digital video. The film's music is "afx237 v7 (w19rhbasement remix)", a remix made by Cunningham; the credits music is "gwarek2", also from drukqs.
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Johnny is a hyperactive, shape-shifting mutant child, kept locked away in a basement. With only his feverish imagination and his terrified dog for company, he finds ways to amuse himself in the dark.
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Re: Rubber Johnny
« Reply #5 on: Jul 13th, 2006, 8:30pm » |
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on Jul 13th, 2006, 6:35pm, Dissident wrote:
Johnny is a hyperactive, shape-shifting mutant child, kept locked away in a basement. With only his feverish imagination and his terrified dog for company, he finds ways to amuse himself in the dark.
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Wow. Could be my autobiography.
 
George
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
Wearing the tangerine suits
And their harlequin eyes.
The pain they inspire
Draws in harmonica melodies
And the feathers of birds
Which flame up at their touch.
It all comes to light in the sheer
Debonair.
(Ellen)
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