WoW Moviewatch: Acting with Certainty
by Michael Gray 
Mar 28th 2011 at 12:00PM
The video reminds me of our own attempt to shuffle off negative aspects of our own personality. We're all struggling to be better people and to overcome personal demons. And while we can make great strides in denying vice and demons, it still feels like we can never quite completely eradicate those parts of our id.
However you take this movie, it's impossible to deny the metaphorical poetry with which it was created. It feels like Paus reached deep within himself to create this machinima. It's definitely an interesting, horrendously beautiful film.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dimmak Mar 28th 2011 12:39PM
Play this with the lights off.... its creepy
exogenesis. Mar 28th 2011 12:36PM
If I'm correct, Paus filmed that deliberately in a hotel room that had been the location of a murder. His work is fascinating, and thought-provoking, and I absolutely love it.
'Idea' (if that is what it's called, I can't recall) is also brilliant, in a sinister and twisted way.
Ascudgamin Mar 28th 2011 2:44PM
"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.
:)"
Paus Mar 28th 2011 2:47PM
It was a suicide :3 But perhaps it is the same depending on how you look at it.
quasarsglow Mar 28th 2011 12:51PM
There will never be a creepier song than "Singin' in the Rain". The lightheartedness is simply horrifying on a certain level.
Twill Mar 28th 2011 12:57PM
When I do my dailies today...
I will act with certainty.
Dekret Mar 28th 2011 1:02PM
Yup. I like this video. We put some serious effort in it.
Thanks for the re-watch.
Bouks Mar 28th 2011 10:43PM
The effort shows. Well done, sir.
magicjamie Mar 28th 2011 1:37PM
Really creepy...
oo
O_O
Mushanga Mar 28th 2011 1:53PM
We gotta go deeper...
BRRRRRRRRRMMMMMMM!
Glaras Mar 28th 2011 1:58PM
You know what I find creepier? The knowledge that right now, in the town where I live, someone's experience of life is such that this little film...
...is a documentary.
Kudos to Paus. This was really well done.
razion Mar 28th 2011 2:03PM
I just couldn't wait till morning to watch this now, could I? Well, no sleep for me tonight, I guess.
GuyverIV Mar 28th 2011 6:31PM
Well, since I'm on call tonight, sleeping lightly may be of benefit...
...so, thanks?
*swallows nervously*
Dreyja Mar 28th 2011 2:40PM
This video blows my mind every time. Amazingly well done.
Caelaza Mar 28th 2011 7:14PM
I have to say, the use of "Singin' in the Rain" is wonderful. I've loved that song ever since I was a child, but never have I been able to look at it in a way like this. Well, well done.
Xantenise Mar 28th 2011 6:39PM
Very creepy. Especially the birdheaded demon thing, eek.
FiredCylinder Mar 28th 2011 11:59PM
Still one of my favorite wow machinemas. Could we possibly re-visit kidsake some?
RetPallyJil Mar 29th 2011 12:03AM
I liked it then, I like it now. It's always good when someone pushes the boundaries a bit.
Mike Mar 29th 2011 6:09AM
Oh wow. True art. I hadn't seen this before, and it blew me away. Many thanks to the makers, you've made my day.