A man rescues a boy and later tries to get him off his back but to little avail, so they end up drifting around a subterranean world, populated by grotesque masked figures. A hundred years after Chaplin filmed his first feature film, The Kid, Norbert Pfaffenbichler offers an experimental punk-style interpretation, which the filmmaker himself has defined as a dystopian slapstick film.
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WINNER OF THE BUT FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE AWARD 2022
From the jury:
It was actually pretty close, but in the end, 2551.01 is the most BUT movie in our eyes. Experimental, creative, offbeat and toying with our expectations in every scene. The basic story might not be that absurd, but the interpretation is very creative, inspired and wildly unique. Creepy, funny and very sad in its own way. The movie shows a world that makes you feel a little bit awkward, scared and out of place, but it’s also a world that you never want to escape once you’ve entered it. We can’t wait for the next chapter, or hopefully the next chapters. Thanks!
This bizarro dystopian "remake" of Chaplin's The Kid is effective, thanks in large part to a really great score.
considering the concept and execution this easily could have become tasteless art school tripe but is actually a really successful stitching of clownery and grotesquery.
SIFF says guy maddin meets david lynch, but i'm feeling much more 'nu-metal music video' or 'edgy 90s techno goth' from this. not to say there isn't a lot to like about it but it's making me think of horrorcore as much as it is silent film history. also, i'm not sure why it is episodic, and the print i watched at the festival seemed to be missing the credit crawl, so the last few minutes was just watching a credit bed on loop. if the next episode follows directly from this one, did i just get tricked into watching a tv show at a film festival? if the next episode has nothing to do with this one, then ...…
Diese als Trilogie geplante, surrealistische Dystopie würde ich schon nach Sichtung des ersten Teils als eins der eigensinnigsten und originärsten Genrefilmprojekte der letzten 20 Jahre bezeichnen – ein in dieser Form ziemlich beispielloses, erratisches Etwas zwischen Endzeitgroteske, Punk und klassischem Stummfilm. Gezeigt beim Austrian-Mavericks-Wochenende des Filmkollektiv Frankfurt im Januar 2022, in Anwesenheit von Norbert Pfaffenbichler, und (zurecht) honoriert mit teils überschwänglich positivem Feedback. Man darf hoffen, dass sich für dieses großartige Projekt sehr bald ein deutscher Verleih findet.
Die erste Episode "The Kid" der 2551-Trilogie des österreichischen Künstlers Norbert Pfaffenbichler legt direkt gut los.
In Anlehnung an den gleichnamigen Chaplin-Film geht es auch hier um einen Erwachsenen, der ein Kind aufsammelt und es versucht, durch die Irrungen des Lebens hindurchzutragen - teilweise auch unterstützt durch die Stummfilm-Optik und -Musik - nur, dass in dieser postapokalyptischen Welt alle in einem Riesenbunker leben und Halloween-Masken entweder die wirklichen Gesichter der Leute darstellen oder diese zur neuen Fashion geworden sind.
Generell sind die Kostüme und das Setdesign auch das Grandiose am Film. Es macht wirklich Spaß zu sehen, welche kreativen Looks in einer Tour aus dem Ärmel gezogen werden - aber auch die Kamera haut immer wieder neue fantastische Einstellungen raus, der Soundtrack ist auch ein richtiger Banger.
Ein absolutes Vibe-Piece, das mich in seinem Scale und seiner Finesse durchaus überrascht hat.
Theater etiquette: it is not appropriate to repeatedly audibly open mouth burp throughout a feature film. Would you fart? I don’t think so
when u do too much ketamine at berghain
A veces solo se trata de disfrutar lo tétrico y perturbador que ves en pantalla, y este estilo es TODO lo que me gusta
(me quedé con ganas de ver la segunda parte, todo es culpa del sistema)
Definitive of the slapstick meets marble hornets meets antifa generation
Norbert Pfaffenbichler directs a horror short, focusing on a man who rescues a boy in a bizarre futuristic world.
This is fine for what it is, but I think the reason it works is because its only an hour long and you do start to notice how plotless it is.
What this does right is establish a very fetid , underground film atmosphere to it , Pfaffenbichler to his credit never runs out of images, with a selection of faces/masks which have all kinds of variations going on and there's something very industrial about the set design.
In a way it makes me think of a Germanic take on Jeunet, though with a more grimy air about and to it.…
I ordered a zip-up hoodie from GAP on my phone while I watched this.
