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Who watches short shorts?

Posted by Hadyn on Monday, 25 Aug 2008
Ever been sitting in a movie and thought: "Man, this should've ended two hours ago"* Well then, you will definitely enjoy Mighty Mighty's NEW Monthly Movie Mash!
MONTHLY MOVIE MASH Wednesday, August 27th 6pm at Mighty Mighty [koha entry]
The Monthly Movie Mash is a collection of short films made by local film folk (usually with nothing better to do) and will be (as the title suggests) a monthly event. Not only that but there's going to be a short (3-minute) film competition in October. Night of the hell hamsters The line-up for this month is:
  • Re:Generation - a film by Darryl Gray, Michael Roseingrave and Jed Soane. Wellington runner-up in the 2008 48hours contest
  • Northwestern Institute of Technology Lecture Series #3: Reconciling Rope Theory with the Gordian Knot Dilemma directed by Adam Brookfield. Another 48 hour film.
  • Night of the Hell Hamsters directed by Paul Campion. Filmed in London but written by a couple of Wellingtonians (one of them was me, the other was Michael Roseingrave), this film is quickly becoming a cult classic in the field of Hamster-based horror films.
  • A Frank Tale directed by Eric Gambini. I know nothing about this film which make it all the more exciting!
For more details about the competition or if you have a short film you'd like to show at an upcoming Mash email: themighties@gmail.com *I was going to put in a film I thought was too long but I thought you'd all like to bitch about it in the comments instead.
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# Submitted by Robyn on Mon, 25 Aug 2008

Re:Generation is really good. It's not just good for a 48Hours film, it's a good short film on its own.

As for films that are too long, um, I had to take a loo break in the middle of The Dark Knight. I've decided they could have left out that visit to China.

# Submitted by Kathy on Tue, 26 Aug 2008

Damn! I thought this post was really going to be about short shorts :(

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# Submitted by Ryanja on Thu, 28 Aug 2008

Well that was a lot of fun. Night of the Hell Hamsters was especially funny, though I think this is one horror film that was more difficult for guys to watch. There was one scene where I had to cover my eyes.

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# Submitted by Hadyn on Thu, 28 Aug 2008
Thanks! As the writer (and introducer) of the film it was SO much fun to watch the audience rather than the film when certain bits were coming up. BTW, I would be remiss in my duties if I didn't (self-)promote the website nightofthehellhamsters.com
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# Submitted by Ryanja on Thu, 28 Aug 2008

So, where do I get the DVD?

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