Gumdrop Short Film. Kerry Conran, Stephen Lawes‘ Gumdrop (2012) short film stars Venti Hristova and is a Wigs creation. Gumdrop‘s plot synopsis: “The 27-year old Bulgarian actress has appeared in films with Fred Astaire and Charlie Chaplin, and now she’s auditioning for a new film with someone called TikTok…A robot’s life story emerges during [...]
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- 11/23/2012
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Why Watch? This delightful short film makes good use of current CGI to embed a robot named Gumdrop (who’s 27 years old and Bulgarian) into scenes with Charlie Chaplin and Fred Astaire. It’s a keen exercise in visuals, and the main character is a joy to watch, brimming with a kind of sweet enthusiasm and earning bonus points for being a big Buster Keaton fan. The platform for getting to know her is an interview/audition where her answers spring to antique life. The story itself is a bit jumbled, built with a mish-mash of styles where writer/director Kerry Conran and director Stephen Lawes seemed to understand the novelty of a robot doing The Charleston but weren’t quite sure how to showcase it. The most curious example might be silent film title cards placed before a modern setting. The result is a bit loose (why there’s an animated Jaws sequence amidst the rest...
- 11/19/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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