So above is a new video from Shinedown, a video that throughout weaves clips from the now-released short film The Hound of Heaven. Billboard has some backstory on how all that happened.
And here is the trailer for the film, which is now available for purchase and viewing in various places, among them iTunes and Amazon. The entire text of Francis Thompson’s poem is the text of the film, and because that poem packs such a punch, this short film is already powerful. But with the striking video interpretation accompanying it, the whole thing is ramped up even further, and it will be 18 minutes well spent.
I also assume that ultimately it will be more than 18 minutes that you might spend because you will ask questions like “what was that?” and watch it again, or jump back to watch a particular scene multiple times.
Jason Petty, aka Propaganda, does a marvelous job acting and reciting. Danielle Smith, an NSA student, did a fabulous job in the lead. Nate directed it, with Hisao Kurosawa providing a final review. Here is an older article from The Hollywood Reporter on all of that.
Fun times.
Billboard? Propaganda? Your web of nefarious influence is vast indeed, Mr. Wilson.
Not to mention that any use of public domain material is somehow “plagiarism”, according to church lady, whoops!
I mean Aunt Pedantic. ????
You mean like this:
George Washington was the first president of the United States.
Hey! I ran a search on Google Books and found out that the World Book Encyclopedia says that George Washington was the first president of the United States! Plagiarism! Get the torches!
“Did you write it? No? Then cite it!”
Aunt Pedantic 3:16
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“We now turn to presidents, and we note that of those who held that title with specific reference to the nation which bears the legal appellation the United States of America, George Washington was the first to be so called.”
Sorry jilly, yours would be “mosaic” plagiarism, according to Aunt Pedantic, and not the good Exodous kind! ????????????
Man, this site was dead today.
I may have to find a new place to hang out.
God gave me these gifted hands so I could perform bozoectomies, and it’s wrong to let them atrophy.
And you gotta admit, the field is ripe unto harvest.
40 ACRES wrote:
I completely agree. 40 ACRES’ skills are desperately needed over at http://rachelheldevans.com/blog He should get on over there immediately.
He wouldn’t last more than two minutes over there.
Been looking forward to this: thanks for the heads up. Purchased and downloaded my copy. Best wishes to Nate in all he does.
Cool! Tattoos! [/sarcasm]
Two things I noticed after a few viewings:
The moon is opaque at first, then transparent. Is that one of those “naught shelters thee” things?
She pulls her jacket up as she’s walking up the tombstone. One last holdout, trying to keep her in?