Unseen Shane Shorts
Jun 29, 2005 13:40:56 GMT
Post by Morell™ on Jun 29, 2005 13:40:56 GMT
Just came acros an article on a showing of some of shanes shorts ive never seen just wondered if there is any more info on where to see them.
Willy Gumbo, in which Considine plays the title role with insane relish - sporting a ridiculous mullet wig, bad teeth and Elvis shades. He speaks with a Deep South hick drawl, and tells of how he returned home one day to find his sister in a '3-on-1 situation', and that he responded by fetching his father's axe... Another comic performance by Paddy, but this time the comedy is side-by-side with much darker subject matter - Willy describes (enthusiastically and in vivid detail) murdering the 3 men he found with his sister, and tells of his ordeal in the State Penitentiary.
He also describes his relationship with a pig, who, one day, “got up out of her seat, stood on her back feet and walked over to me... and I swear she was gonna speak to me” - but the pig suddenly drops dead of a heart attack.
Events take a more sinister and bizarre turn when Willy kidnaps a young hitchhiker and dresses him up as Vincent Van Gogh, keeping him captive in a room. The 'pig-at-the-window' sequence is the films most surreal and powerful moment, where Willy, wearing a plastic pig snout, masturbates while peering through the window at his Van Gogh-costumed hostage
Gary Wilkinson, a light-hearted portrayal of a pathetic 26-year-old paperboy - inspired by a kid who had pestered them while they were shooting another short. Paddy improvises the comedy and makes the character believable and real, maintaining a downbeat and tragic portrayal of an outsider
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/v4/articles/shanemeadows.php
Willy Gumbo, in which Considine plays the title role with insane relish - sporting a ridiculous mullet wig, bad teeth and Elvis shades. He speaks with a Deep South hick drawl, and tells of how he returned home one day to find his sister in a '3-on-1 situation', and that he responded by fetching his father's axe... Another comic performance by Paddy, but this time the comedy is side-by-side with much darker subject matter - Willy describes (enthusiastically and in vivid detail) murdering the 3 men he found with his sister, and tells of his ordeal in the State Penitentiary.
He also describes his relationship with a pig, who, one day, “got up out of her seat, stood on her back feet and walked over to me... and I swear she was gonna speak to me” - but the pig suddenly drops dead of a heart attack.
Events take a more sinister and bizarre turn when Willy kidnaps a young hitchhiker and dresses him up as Vincent Van Gogh, keeping him captive in a room. The 'pig-at-the-window' sequence is the films most surreal and powerful moment, where Willy, wearing a plastic pig snout, masturbates while peering through the window at his Van Gogh-costumed hostage
Gary Wilkinson, a light-hearted portrayal of a pathetic 26-year-old paperboy - inspired by a kid who had pestered them while they were shooting another short. Paddy improvises the comedy and makes the character believable and real, maintaining a downbeat and tragic portrayal of an outsider
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/v4/articles/shanemeadows.php
