Short Order
'Six Shooter' blasts the way forward for short films by serious directors.
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Comment number 1.
At 13:41 16th May 2008, Aaron Scullion (BBC) - wrote:Completely agree with your points about the artistic value of shorts Mark - and I loved Six Shooter as well.
I've often wondered why studios haven't started to make more of these, now that we have the right distribution model for them - shorts work fantastically well as video iPod fodder, exactly the right length for watching on the train or the bus. Can you even buy shorts through iTunes yet? You should be able to.
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At 21:12 16th May 2008, colinr0380 wrote:And lets see more outlets for short films on British television - I miss the heyday of The Shooting Gallery on Channel 4!
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At 08:10 19th May 2008, andrewlos wrote:There's a DVD rental shop in Madrid called La Luciernaga (The Glow-worm), and they loan you a DVD short free with every rental - either one made by a local filmmaker or one that's Creative Commons-licensed, taken from the web. I've seen some cracking stuff through that.
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