Weighing in at about 11 minutes, it's a bit long for a web video, but doesn't feel like it.
I don't want to spoil the ending, but maybe we can have a talk about it in the comments. Anyone? What does it mean? Or maybe just... what does it mean *to you*?
Update: Reader Hannah M. points out that the NY Times had a brief sitdown with Mr. Jonze regarding the short film here.
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I think it's Kanye trying to "kill" his ego?
David Hasselhoff's movie was wayy better
That's an interesting idea. That the physical manifestation of his ego wouldn't be a big bombastic idiot, but a tiny, meek mouse, barely able to stand on it's own... That the source of the ego issues is, perhaps, feelings of smallness, helplessness, and a desperate need to fight back against those feelings in the biggest, loudest way possible.
So. Why rose petals for vomit?
Is the biggest, loudest way possible a drunken celebrity experience in a no-name club where we are privy only to an average wasted night with no personal revelation? Where is the conflict? The confession? The putting Kanye out on a limb? Spike Jonze should film us on a Tuesday Bob ;)
wonderfully bad college art film.
Check this: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/spike-jonze-explains-his-kanye-west-mini-movie-we-were-once-a-fairytale/
I saw the same thing as cianchatti. But I think Kanye's alter-egomaniac-ego is a bit too close to his actual-ego for comfort. The film just made me feel...weird.
-Hannah M.
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