Wow. I really hope Nigel Tomm isn't making much money off of this. I was actually surprised to learn that Brett wasn't joking about the other titles (Catcher in the Rye being the only one that shows up on IMDB).
It seems that the spirit of Warhol lives on in this guy.
Brett, did you actually sit through the whole thing?
Nigel Tomm's Hamlet
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Nigel Tomm's Hamlet
by BenShultz » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:30 am
Oh, you're paying way too much for worms, man. Who's your worm guy?
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Re: Nigel Tomm's Hamlet
by call » Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:55 am
Is there a big twist in the end?
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Re: Nigel Tomm's Hamlet
by Jim_Thomas » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:14 pm
If the man were serious about his art, there would have been a making of featurette with the same black screen.
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Re: Nigel Tomm's Hamlet
by call » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:24 pm
Deleted scenes?
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Re: Nigel Tomm's Hamlet
by Andrew Forbes » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:52 pm
The guy clearly doesn't understand the play. It should have been an alternating white and black screen.
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Re: Nigel Tomm's Hamlet
by BrettCullum » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:22 pm
I sat through the entire thing twice just to make sure there was no variation in the white screen. And no, there was not.
Nigel Tomm has been publishing abstract books (Hamlet Remix is a published version where random words are strewn about the pages with no rhyme or reason) and now these monochromatic DVDs. Each costs about $20, and they all come on a DVR when you order.
I was surprised there was no featurette or commentary.... I thought it would be funny if he had someone reading his book version of HAMLET as commentary. It would be random words coming at you, and they could have used a computerized voice to make it more surreal. But I think the point was to have no sound, no picture, no variance. At least an interview with him would have been nice to explain where he is going with all of this. But the artist simply lets the work speak for itself.
I'm a HUGE modern art fan. One of my favorite paintings is called "White on White" by Kandinsky, and it is white paint on white canvas with just a hint of two squares. It is beautiful. But a white screen on a DVD? I'm not sure I get the value. I get the point, but I don't get why anyone would buy it.
Nigel Tomm has been publishing abstract books (Hamlet Remix is a published version where random words are strewn about the pages with no rhyme or reason) and now these monochromatic DVDs. Each costs about $20, and they all come on a DVR when you order.
I was surprised there was no featurette or commentary.... I thought it would be funny if he had someone reading his book version of HAMLET as commentary. It would be random words coming at you, and they could have used a computerized voice to make it more surreal. But I think the point was to have no sound, no picture, no variance. At least an interview with him would have been nice to explain where he is going with all of this. But the artist simply lets the work speak for itself.
I'm a HUGE modern art fan. One of my favorite paintings is called "White on White" by Kandinsky, and it is white paint on white canvas with just a hint of two squares. It is beautiful. But a white screen on a DVD? I'm not sure I get the value. I get the point, but I don't get why anyone would buy it.
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Re: Nigel Tomm's Hamlet
by Boba Fett » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:21 pm
If Sam Peckinpah was still alive, he'd ring this guy's doorbell and sock him in the mouth when he answered.
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Re: Nigel Tomm's Hamlet
by Jon Mercer » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:32 am
Boba Fett wrote:If Sam Peckinpah was still alive, he'd ring this guy's doorbell and sock him in the mouth when he answered.
Imagine if Samuel Fuller were still alive.
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