1334, a ghost story that reveals the haunting disturbances that began to plague the ones left behind following the completion of PIG (1998) and the death of Rozz Williams, where reality turns into darkness, with the effect upon no return, based on true occurrences.
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I enjoyed 1334 a bit more than its accompanying short film Pig. Made over a decade after the suicide of Rozz Williams (who collaborated with Nico B. on Pig and fronted the band Christian Death), 1334 functions as both a suicide reenactment and a personal ghost story that seems to examine the ways in which the specter of Rozz still haunts the lives of those he was close to. Sometimes goofy, but for the most part genuinely creepy and somehow touching, 1334 is a decent watch for fans of cult weirdness.
One Short Film a Day
… Day 32 …
Near as I can tell, given the plot summary, the following happened to the cast and crew of the 1998 short film Pig:
One hung himself
One died from cerebral hemorrhage
One went to jail for beating up her partner
A possessed man killed himself while his partner was sleeping
One started dressing like a doctor from the Dark Ages
*sigh*
They had to be edgy. This would have been so much better as a straightforward doc.
watching this on a polish site kinda encompasses what you have coming. shitty student short film with too much nazi imagery
I am such a whore for Tarot symbolism.
Oddly, the start of this reminded a little me of the final Arthur Lipsett film Strange Codes, panning the walls and stuff. There's no direct connection, but art, symbols, omens, influences.
I've never super gotten into any of Rozz Williams' musical projects, nor am I an expert on his life or death, but if you're somewhat familiar, the film might be kind of hard to watch. There's very obvious imagery pointing to his suicide. I'm not saying that's bad; it doesn't need to hide to express the feelings and agonies.
Further on, there's a sort of slip into negative image, at times almost music video like, everything going to shit. The after smoke that is and isn't there suffocates the…
welcome to ur second semester of art school </3
Soundtrack on full volume that shit owns
It doesn't feel that long ago since Rozz killed himself tbh
The black smoke that eats u when ur a nazi poser.
It feels terrible to critique a sincere work of grief. But this could've been so much better with a little editing and a little more focus. Honestly I wish there had been a voice over, more of an oral history approach, discussing the experiences that are being shown here. Would it be less artsy? Sure. But I think it would have been more affecting. The relative weakness of the visuals simply did not convey those experiences powerfully enough for words to be unnecessary.
Experimental film about the suicide of Rozz Williams. I feel like this is the type of thing that people who don't like avant-garde films describe when they talk about everything wrong with the genre. I get why someone would like this movie if they're really into Christian Death, but to me - this is some seriously student film-esque stuff.
There's the obvious influence of movies like Begotten here, and I'm fairly sure some of the music here directly influenced the music in House Of 1000 Corpses. That said, you enter trope city here - the fog machines, the inverted film stock, the slo-mo fights ala Russ Meyer, even a lot of the synthesizer music and overacting.
If you want some heavy handed amateur filmmaking from a goth icon, maybe Doppelherz by Marilyn Manson is a stronger pick. Unless you're a Christian Death completist - I'd pass on this one.
rozz would be embarrassed
