Tantalising

[dalekboy]

I just saw the start of The American Astronaut. If the rest of the film is as good as the first thirteen minutes, I've found another gem!

It's like a young David Lynch saw Firefly, and thought, 'I'd like to do something like that, but in black and white, with no money, and as a musical.'

EDIT - this is the first musical number from American Astronaut

Comments

[celuran.livejournal.com]

always trust louise to find brilliant movies. she took me to see it and acmi had the theremin-playing astronaut of bourke st to amuse our ears while we bought tickets!
the rest of the film is better than the first 13 minutes. at some stage there are priestesses! and istr a cardboard box space ship! now i want to see it again!

[angriest.livejournal.com]

Yes, the rest *is* that good. I made my cinema screen it a few years back, and the director personally mailed us some posters to use for publicity.

[strangedave.livejournal.com]

We love the American Astronaut. I didn't realise you hadn't seen it, or I would have lent you our spare copy, I would have thought mortonhall would have told you about its wonderfulness.
That scene, the toilet intimidatory dance scene, is my favourite from the film, but it is all excellent.

[narrelle.livejournal.com]

I saw that at the Melbourne International film festival many years ago, and it is indeed strange and wonderful. My favourite quote from the film remains (and I paraphrase) "They make you wear that stuff!" "No, they *let* me wear it!"

[dortamur.livejournal.com]

Does this have an Australian release? QuickFlix doesn't seem to have it (*pout*) and they've been pretty good at stocking obscure titles, but typically only locally released stuff...

[nevryn.livejournal.com]

I'll be the naysayer. I thought it was a bit crap. Found it boring and uninteresting.

I've only seen it the once, and I may have been in a bad mood.

[rendragon.livejournal.com]

**Finally** got around to watching the Arrr version of this I found online. It's certainly interesting, though rather WTF for about the first 30min. It certainly manages holds one's attention for the entire length, which says a lot since I usually wander off after I can't work out what's going on.

I now raise your American Astronaut and suggest you download or other wise get your hands on a copy of Sita Sings The Blues. It's got a Creative Commons Share License so it can be legally downloaded for free. You can find here if you want to download it. http://www.sitasingstheblues.com