blog.starwreck.com

Good news, dear friends!
The release of Star Wreck on the Internet didn’t go out unnoticed - we’ve heard that we’ve inspired a lot of filmmakers also to release their productions for free. To get more quality films out there for much wider public audience does echo the message we in our own way started and keep on repeating: Internet is not an enemy, but a very strange and powerful friend you must learn to know better, and after you’ve done so - there’s nothing that can stop you. (Sounds like a line from a cheap ninja movie - and, as we all know, there’s nothing better than a cheap ninja movie!)

However, I don’t want to go on and steal the show, since the reason I’m writing now is that a fellow Wrecker Tianyi Pan and his mates took two years and made a feature film called Graffiti Within - and today they are following the our footsteps and releasing it on the Internet for free distribution. This is great news in so many ways, but the most important thing is that this actually is a very good film (and so do think also the fine folk at Århus Festival of Independent Arts, where the film won the whole festivals).

The guys sent me the DVD almost half a year ago and I didn’t get the time to watch it until few months ago - and I absolutely fell in for the film. The synopsis states the following:

Misty Friday Films’s debut movie GRAFFITI WITHIN tells a story about Jake, who moves into capital city Helsinki and meets up with his childhood friend, Toni. The winsome threesome is complete, as Jake brings his best friend, Erika with him. However, the summer they thought is going to be the best ever turns out tragically, as one of them harbours a painful secret.

What will happen between Jake and Erika when Jake finds a ladyfriend in Helsinki? What can you do when your best friend is a girl? How problematic is to first spend a night with your girlfriend and then go sleep next to a girl friend? How much do friends change in ten years? Is anything going to stay same, when Toni is haunted by his past?

It’s a very believeable youth film, a good drama with good comedy elements and a nice rolling story, some pretty convincing actors and the director Miika Ullakko has a good grip of the film overall. What I specifically liked about the film was the atmosphere they managed to create around it.

Go check out the film, it’s certainly worth it, and the guys are on our side! And always remember - if you like what you see, get the DVD. It’s not too expensive, but will hopefully help the guys to keep on making more good stuff for you. And no, this is not a paid commercial - I just feel strongly for the cause and I’m happy to see that our ideology actually does have a following behind.

Wreck on!

Ps. no subtitles as far as I understood yet for the film (the film is in Finnish), but hopefully they’ll get them up soon too. Also, not yet at least a quality download available (only a streaming video), but I’m convinced that they are working on it as well (and then again, there’s the DVD with the best quality for that).

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 at 23:29 and is filed under English posts, General, Opinions. You're welcome to comment below, or link to this post. The comments are not moderated, but behave or Santa will smack you with a shovel.