There is an unimaginably huge flood of Movies in Hollywood, Reality Shows & Soap Operas on TV around today and much of it is a torrent of garbage, but the people adding the crap to the pile are either unaware of this, or are too busy counting the bags of money to care. At least my friend Lucas Crandles has a certain self-awareness. He knows that his Black Button is a minor release not in cinema but on You Tube and will never be a top seller.
He knows that he's unlikely to be the toast of the party, and that there will be no big fuss made.
But so often, the loudest voices at the party are those of crashing bores all bluster and no substance. It's in the corners where the most interesting people are found, who though quiet have so much more to offer.
In the era of Desperate Housewives, Sex and the City and American Idol and shitty movies like Hancock and Babylon A.D., Lucas Crandles from Australia comes with a short Jaw Dropping Masterpiece called Black Button.
I won't reveal anything about it, just watch the flick and love it.
The Father Son Grubb duo perform brilliantly, and can give Kirk & Michael Douglas a run for their money.
Lucas, the Director of the Short, is an illustrator and an imaginary genius who translates his dark creativity to live-action (a la Hitchcock), Lucas has all the makings to be modern cinema's pre-eminent visual stylist.