Surrealism like it should be
I saw this movie last year. And while i was browsing the portal today i noticed it again. And how glad am i, that i have a chance to see it one more time.
Surrealism is one of the most intriguing and beautiful art styles i know. It requires such an incredible amount of imagination and creativity to create it. Creating a surrealistic painting is hard, creating a surrealistic flash is impossible. At least thats what i thought. How wrong have u proven me.
While other movies like 'across the universe' make an attempt to recreate a kind of Dali like flash, Pustota simply blows them all away. I can believe there is much symbolism in this movie and very wise lessons of which half i havent even figured out yet.
The colour tones for the movie are magnificent. The brownish/golden colours give the thing some sort of old fashioned atmosphere. And while only the locked masks are in a different colour, i think i know what ur trying to say.
But in my opinion, the absolute strongest point of this flash, was the camera movement. Absolutely incredible. U zoom in and out and the environment and situations get transformed so smoothly that the viewer hardly even notices it. Amazing. This thing really felt like 1 entire movie, instead of different scenes pasted next to each other.
The soundtrack is beautiful. Iv never heard of it, but it fits really well. Kinda like the rest of the movie. This is something so extremely well done and clever that a 10 isnt enough for the piece. Because 90% of all the other flash movies on newgrounds would simply not deserve a score higher than a 1 in comparrison with this piece.
There are a few wannabe artists here that try to make different stuff, including me. None of us can even begin to dream about creating a masterpiece of this proportions. Anyone who still isnt convinced about flash as being a serious medium for artistic talent should watch this flash. And after it, they should be really laughed out loud for their ignorant and fast judgement.
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