Saturday, January 27, 2007

Oh, how I love Saturdays!

I love saturdays! I love sleeping in. I love staying in my pajamas until noon. I love hanging out all day doing nothing really, just because its Saturday, and I can! This saturday is a happy saturday! Today is the final showing of Der Ostwind at the 2007 Sundance Film festival! Rob and his parents are lucky to be there for that showing. I'm jealous that i'm stuck here in California!! I am so proud of Rob!




Just recently Der Ostwind was made available for download on itunes for $1.99!! Exitingly, if you do you search, it has made number 4 on the top ten list of Top Short films. Even coming above of a few Pixar shorts! They been given some great reviews:

Terrific innovation & inspiration *****

What a beautiful marriage of form and function! I love this film and have never seen anything like it before. The narration is poetic and provocative, the animation/live action mix is beautiful and equally poetic. Bravo!! If only Sundance had more this good!

Magnificient *****

At a time when three hour movies do so little to move you, this refreshing short film is full of chivalry and honor. Would that wars could still be fought with respect. Breathtaking cinematography (I’d love to see it on the big screen), clever score, magnificient film!

The True Price of Honor *****

This is an excellent film about the importance of honor, regardless of who you are or what you represent. The fusion of live action and animation is amazing. Additionally, telling the story of a German WWI hero in Germany is Brilliant.


Der Ostwind *****

One of the best shorts that I have seen. Honor- is something that we don’t see to much in todays world.

So, if you get a chance and want to see his film, you can dowload it at i tunes! Or you can visit www.derostwind.com to view the trailor!

I am so proud of Rob and the skills that he has. And mostly....I'm excited for him to move back home next week. He's been gone since October!!




1 comment:

Karalenn Hippen said...

THat is incredible! Seth and I are going to download it and tell Rob what a hero he is. Hooray for the soon to be returning hero.