What better way is their to start off your career than with a black and white short film? Well, there's a lot better, but all of these filmmakers who's early films consisted of short, cheaply made films have left their fans with a treasure trove of their early work, and how they originally started their soon to be careers. "Bedhead" is an impressive looking short that fits in well with Rodriguez's company Los Hooligans which later just became known as Troublemaker.
The narrator of this story is a little girl in the hospital who bumped her head. She flashes back and tells us the story of when she bumped her head and gained psychic powers, and the ability to get anything she wanted. Her biggest pet peeve is her brother's awful bedhead, so her top priority with her powers is to remove his awful hair style.
This is just a cute little short. The plot is original enough, though somewhat reminiscent of the Twilight Zone. The acting from the kids is good. The synthesized music sounds professional. The opening animation is simple but cool looking. The direction is really interesting. Many shots can be compared to Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead II", with sped up shots and all kinds of interesting angles. Rodriguez outdid himself with the strange surreality of the direction and it looks great.
This isn't a perfect short, but it's a fun way of seeing early Rodrigguez and why he ended up the success that he is today.
My rating: *** out of ****. 9 mins.
The narrator of this story is a little girl in the hospital who bumped her head. She flashes back and tells us the story of when she bumped her head and gained psychic powers, and the ability to get anything she wanted. Her biggest pet peeve is her brother's awful bedhead, so her top priority with her powers is to remove his awful hair style.
This is just a cute little short. The plot is original enough, though somewhat reminiscent of the Twilight Zone. The acting from the kids is good. The synthesized music sounds professional. The opening animation is simple but cool looking. The direction is really interesting. Many shots can be compared to Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead II", with sped up shots and all kinds of interesting angles. Rodriguez outdid himself with the strange surreality of the direction and it looks great.
This isn't a perfect short, but it's a fun way of seeing early Rodrigguez and why he ended up the success that he is today.
My rating: *** out of ****. 9 mins.