Eileen, We're Not In Ohio Anymore

May 2, 2005 10:46 AM

Wonderful Town... Director Ryan McFaul (whose music video for Gay Boyfriend was previously seen in this MeFi thread ) is back with a dizzying MGM-meets-digital-compositing advert for a Broadway production of Wonderful Town. (Slightly less dazzling, but still worth seeing, is his ad for a San Francisco production of White Christmas.) Somebody give this man a feature film!
posted by yankeefog (5 comments total)

A two-hour feature film filled with his zooming and panning within bluescreened frames would make me a bit seasick. That said, his style is perfect for 30 second ads.
posted by AlexReynolds at 10:54 AM on May 2, 2005

By the way, moments after posting, I realized that "MGM meets MC Escher" would be a better description.
posted by yankeefog at 11:27 AM on May 2, 2005

I agree with AlexReynolds. A full-length movie in the style of these ads would send me into diabetic shock.
posted by papercake at 1:19 PM on May 2, 2005

I agree with AlexReynolds. A full-length movie in the style of these ads would send me into diabetic shock.

mmm... sugar.
posted by delmoi at 6:55 PM on May 2, 2005

Oh my God, I sent "Gay Boyfriend" to everyone I know. It's brilliant. And presuming he can direct actors well in non-music video style scenes, I think he'd be a brilliant film director...at least technically. Thanks for linking this!
posted by adrober at 11:40 AM on May 3, 2005