Sean Pecknold originally came to prominence a few years back on the strength of the beautiful stop-motion music videos he created for the retro folk outfit Fleet Foxes, a group fronted by Sean’s brother, Robin Pecknold. He subsequently went on to make promos for other buzz bands such as Beach House and Grizzly Bear, whose music also has a transcendent quality that meshes with his dazzlingly inventive hand-crafted visions. More recently, Pecknold has complemented his animated work with live-action music videos, like Here We Go Magic’s “How Do I Know?”, and is currently in postproduction on a live-action narrative feature […]
by Nick Dawson on May 30, 2012Released just in time for Valentine’s Day, check out this beautiful new short from California-based filmmaker Cole Schreiber. A morbid and atmospheric story of love and mortality, it just might be the most romantic zombie tale I’ve seen since Return of the Living Dead 3. Per Cole’s Vimeo page: Rest, is the story of a young American solider who dies in WW1 and ninety years later unearths himself from a grave in the European countryside. Shot over the course of a week in Mendocino County, Morongo Valley and New York City, the film is a dark, but beautiful meditation on […]
by Jane Schoenbrun on Feb 14, 2012