Editor’s note: Whoops! We held on to this post a little longer than intended(see: forgot about it). The contest held to name this Bret Easton Ellis short is over. The winning title: Imperial Bedrooms. We made the following image long before the contest expired and just can’t seem to find the will to drop it. Also, we’re striking through the long past contest copy instead of erasing it from existence.
This short video clocks in at 3 minutes and change. It is inspired by, and promoting, Bret Easton Ellis. The video takes a notion from a famous scene in an unexpected favorite movie of ours, Rules of Attraction. Not “My name is not Richard” but Victor’s European vacation montage .
There are a whole host of problems with adapting the works into movies, and I think Roger solved it visually. The way he set the movie up on a visual level is a nice counterpart to the novel, and I also thought it was kind of outrageous. He didn’t try to push the likability, he didn’t try to give these people sympathetic backstories. It was like, “This is it, and you can either take it or don’t take it.†There was something uncompromising about it that I found exciting.
Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis Video Contest
Bret and crew are stumped on what to title the film. Submit your suggested video title in the comment box below and enter a chance to win one (1) signed copy of Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis and one (1) signed copy of the short film by select cast members.
As per usual, the short film in question is below the cut.
Just a note. This short is best viewed in full screen mode. Activating that is a click just to the right of the ‘menu’ button.
If you’d rather have the medium-sized view, click over to Movie Line’s main site.
Cube Rats might want to don their headphones before watching.
Director: Matthew Ross
Writers: Matthew Ross and Stephen Bender
Producer: Braxton Pope
Editor: Jennifer Harrington
Score: Carrick Moore Gerety
Featuring: Kip Pardue, James Van Der Beek, Tara Summers, Lorien Haynes, and Billy Eastwood
