The Backwater Gospel is set in the small desert God fearing town of Backwater where a sinister Undertaker rides his bike, whenever the Undertaker appears it always means someone is about to die. The fanatical Minister (Lucien Dodge) tries to turn the townsfolk against the local Tramp (Zebulon Whatley) who refuses to worship God as the rest of the town do, then suddenly the Undertaker rides into town & sits in the center. The locals are terrified, who's next? Who has the Undertaker come for? In an apocalyptic massacre the residents are determined to make sure it's not them that the Undertaker has come for...
This short nine minute computer animated Danish production was directed by Bo Mathorne & in my eye's is an extraordinary piece of work that I must admit I loved watching, so much so that after I had watched it for the first time I watched it again immediately afterwards, from the story to the animation I though this was brilliant from start to finish. The script has grim humour to it, it touches religious fanaticism, the mob mentality, ones extreme self preservation instincts & has a nice twist ending too in which leaves the Undertaker with his work cut out! The script tells the simple tale effectively enough with lots of neat little memorable moments to emphasise certain points, definitely well worth watching if you can find a coy.
The other reason that I liked The Backwater Gospel so much is it's unique & amazing visual style, a sort of 3D rough looking comic book animation that just looks fabulous with striking character design & a wonderfully angular look which are superbly animated. The final massacre is brilliant too as the gory violence is set against a thunder storm in yet again a visually arresting contrast of colours from the silhouettes of the people to their gleaming white eyes & teeth. I am sure a lot of time was spent on the look & animation here as it really is superb stuff.
The Backwater Gospel is a wonderful nine minute animation with a brilliant visual style that is unique yet amazing to watch. It has a neat little story with a few morals thrown in & some nice gore as well, I can't really recommend it enough. In fact there is only one thing about The Backwater Gospel I didn't like... it only lasted for nine minutes.
This short nine minute computer animated Danish production was directed by Bo Mathorne & in my eye's is an extraordinary piece of work that I must admit I loved watching, so much so that after I had watched it for the first time I watched it again immediately afterwards, from the story to the animation I though this was brilliant from start to finish. The script has grim humour to it, it touches religious fanaticism, the mob mentality, ones extreme self preservation instincts & has a nice twist ending too in which leaves the Undertaker with his work cut out! The script tells the simple tale effectively enough with lots of neat little memorable moments to emphasise certain points, definitely well worth watching if you can find a coy.
The other reason that I liked The Backwater Gospel so much is it's unique & amazing visual style, a sort of 3D rough looking comic book animation that just looks fabulous with striking character design & a wonderfully angular look which are superbly animated. The final massacre is brilliant too as the gory violence is set against a thunder storm in yet again a visually arresting contrast of colours from the silhouettes of the people to their gleaming white eyes & teeth. I am sure a lot of time was spent on the look & animation here as it really is superb stuff.
The Backwater Gospel is a wonderful nine minute animation with a brilliant visual style that is unique yet amazing to watch. It has a neat little story with a few morals thrown in & some nice gore as well, I can't really recommend it enough. In fact there is only one thing about The Backwater Gospel I didn't like... it only lasted for nine minutes.