WoW Moviewatch: Acting with Certainty

by Michael Gray Oct 8th 2010 at 12:00PM

I'm not going to discuss today's movie at length. It's one of those pieces with such startling imagery and intensity that I think a review would detract from it. There is, be assured, a story behind its creation, but I'll let Paus decide whether he wants to share it in the comments. This is Acting with Certainty by Paus. The creator wanted to make sure to thank Dekret, who created a great deal of the artwork for the video.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Donny J. Canup Oct 8th 2010 12:09PM

Very interesting. I will look forward to the back story on this piece. Excellent artwork, the entire video is very compelling and thoughtful. Thank you for such amazing work.

Chivvy Oct 8th 2010 12:14PM

Simply incredible. Really artistic, sort of echoes the Theatre of the Absurd, or possibly the Theatre of Cruelty, for those who know what I'm talking about. Other than that, the artwork/WoW mixture was brilliantly executed, and left me asking more questions than I had been given answers to! Keep this stuff up, Paus!

lownwolf Oct 8th 2010 12:14PM

highlighted letters during the credits spell out, "I am scared"!!
awesome work, the artwork is incredible

Batch Oct 8th 2010 12:17PM

I thought this was phenomenal, and would love to see this same team do a longer story like H.P. Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zann" - which I think would lend itself particularly well to their talents.

Duulket Oct 8th 2010 12:18PM

I too would be interested in the backstory.
This video reminds me of the author Edgar Allen Poe. Very stylized, very hauntingly beautiful.

brian Oct 8th 2010 12:19PM

Intriguing. In the beginning it's almost rather silly, even with its darker undertones, but once that radio turns on, the darker undertones become quite blunt overtones.

Chilling, really. Love that kind of mental twist though. Reminds me of the scp site.

Cheeselandman Oct 8th 2010 12:21PM

Am I the only one who sees the movie freeze at 1:01?

Dad Oct 8th 2010 12:21PM

Stanley Donwood, credited w/ writing, did/does a lot of the artwork for Radiohead.

StClair Oct 8th 2010 12:22PM

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrueArtIsIncomprehensible

gamerunknown Oct 8th 2010 5:20PM

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SesquipedalianLoquaciousness

MeowCat Oct 8th 2010 12:28PM

This is really wonderful in every way. Thank you!

I loved the little touches (pun intended). For example, the two bugs humping on the bed.

Jan Oct 8th 2010 12:35PM

W.T.F.

Did the guy kill his abusive, drunken father? And is forever tormented of the guilt. But also, he feels justified by his actions and seeks to regain his lost youth. So, he goes off and plays WoW to escape reality.

At this point he is clearly mad.

Nadia Oct 8th 2010 1:02PM

Or did he go crazy and kill a child?

Paus Oct 8th 2010 12:38PM

Exactly 1 year ago, I was visiting Amsterdam and stayed in this creepy old room. 1 year before that, a woman committed suicide in the very room I was staying in.
While trying to sleep in the room, I connected a story I knew to the room I was in. I was excited and got to work. I made several pictures of the room before leaving it behind, never to look back. A few months later I started developing the story in my head and a few months after that I started working on the movie itself.

:)

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2/2 - 2/15

Blackrock Foundry Normal and Heroic open

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Darkmoon Faire

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Blackrock Foundry Mythic opens

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Lunar Festival

2/16 - 3/2