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Rocky grows up surrounded by death: everyone around him dies in a freak accident and each time he's at the center of it all. A modern tale about a lot of bad luck and a tiny bit of bliss.
The Extraordinary Life of Rocky
2010 ‘Het bijzondere leven van Rocky de Vlaeminck’ Directed by Kevin Meul
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Can't believe this short only has eight reviews and two are mostly just drawing comparisons to the work of Wes Anderson.
Not everyone is trying to ape Anderson, guys.
The Extraordinary Life of Rocky is one of the better narrative shorts I've seen in a bit. It's both dark and cute, but never sacrifices its honesty in an attempt to appear clever.
Caustic love. Self-diagnosis through observation. Isolation. Guilt. Helicopter blade accidents.
A short that's actually about death and grief; not about trying to make those things look 'cool' or 'cinematic'
A great way to spend a morning
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A darkly funny short about a poor guy and the people (and pets) who love him and end up dying.
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"If you don't know anyone, you can't love anyone."
"He knows his love kills."
Christ. I felt that.
Love when parents blame children for loss - love it.(I need an autoharp again.)
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A short film about coming to the worst possible conclusion from the most logical deductive reasoning. In a word: childhood.
An argument could be made this is the most intelligent comedy about Western society. Ever.
Or it's just a goofy parable about a kid with astonishingly bad "luck" where at least half the time luck is a stand in for eating glue.
Discuss.
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What if Wes Anderson ramped up the gallows humor to around an 11, and you will likely get something that looks a little like this short but tasty Belgian treat. The title character is a star-crossed child who isn't capable of loving someone without it literally killing them, which makes for a lot of amusingly droll humor that winds up with, well, killer punchlines as the grim reaper finds increasingly inventive ways to take from Rocky that which he cares for most. Those with an appreciation for Anderson will like a lot of what filmmaker Kevin Meul goes for here, with a similar sense of snappy pacing and immaculate art direction that makes even the most mundane of sets look…
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The guy who directed this short really really likes Wes Anderson... like a lot a lot.
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Clearly inspired by Amelie, this darkly comic tale does a wonderful job of telling a complete story in less than 15 minutes.