Death to the Tinman
2007 · 12m
Directed by Ray Tintori
Genres: drama, experimental, fantasy
Tones: dark, mythic, theatrical
A disgraced firefighter named Bill falls for the pastor's daughter, converts to win her father's approval, and gets cursed for his trouble — an origin story for the Wizard of Oz's Tinman shot on 16mm black-and-white with kinetic editing and music by Benh Zeitlin. A classic of the no-budget era.
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A pre-Oz origin story for the Tinman shot in gritty 16mm black-and-white — this is what happens when you give the Wizard of Oz to someone who actually has a dark side.
Ray Tintori's 2007 classic — by reputation a kinetic, hyper-stylized fable that pre-figures the Wes-Anderson-meets-Spike-Jonze lineage of music-video filmmakers gone narrative. A genuine artifact.
A Wizard of Oz prequel told as a gritty 16mm black-and-white American folk tragedy with kinetic editing and music by Benh Zeitlin — 2007 no-budget-era classic credentials and Zeitlin pre-Beasts is a stacked craft pedigree.