Zablah
2023 · 4m · USA
Directed by Ryan Betschart, Rachel Nakawatase
Genres: comedy, experimental, horror
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, surreal
A demon boomer tries to drag a millennial to Applebee's. Three and a half minutes of generational warfare conducted via avant-garde mask-making and static-blasted pop snippets.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Three and a half minutes of demon-boomer Applebee's evangelism — every other generational-discourse think piece can retire now. The masks alone justify the file size.
Betschart and Nakawatase render generational economics as a possession ritual — a demon boomer hauling a millennial to Applebee's via avant-garde mask-making and static-blasted pop. Three and a half minutes of weaponized weirdness.
Three and a half minutes of generational warfare conducted via avant-garde mask-making and static-blasted pop snippets, shot on 16mm that looks like 8mm — Betschart and Nakawatase rendering boomer-millennial economics as possession ritual is a sharp short.
Reviews
It's absurd and darkly funny, and made tangible with avant-garde technique (blips of static spill into momentary bursts of pop songs or vibey old-time radio), and advanced mask-making.