Week before last I wrote about what a douche Kevin Spacey is because he chose this very random script from SA to turn into a short film instead of mine.
I got all up on my high horse and lambasted both Spacey and the efforts of the SA scriptwriter / director that won the Jameson First Shot competition.
They accepted scripts from the States, Russia and SA and chose one from each country to be turned into a short film. Ours was about a dentist who cures a pirate’s tooth ache (?), which made me think that’s the kind of tone they were going for here, slapsticky absurdism. Then I saw America’s entry.
“The Ventriloquist†is a moving, thought-provoking short film that carries a powerful emotional punch and basically makes SA’s effort look like your nephew’s grade 2 nativity play where he landed the role as the back part of the camel.
It just plain ain’t fair I tells ya! Had they chosen a less goofy script from SA, I have no doubt we would have been able to pull off something as emotionally stirring as that piece.
Look, I’m not saying this is the best short film I’ve ever seen, but I am saying it’s a damn side better than ours was.
Why you gotta be such a douche Kevin Spacey?
I just ain’t right.
-ST
