Metafiction is a tricky beast to nail. More often than not it can lack a central point, being meta for the sake of it or, alternatively, it becomes too inward and referential and loses the audience altogether. Babybaby writer/director duo Josefin Malmén and David Strindberg’s short A Bloody Mess, however, is an excellent example of how it can be done right as a piece of pure entertainment whilst also throwing some genuine honesty into the mix. I won’t go into plot details because it’s a ride you need to be taken on from the beginning but let me tell you it’s certainly worth its succinct eight and half minute runtime. Dn caught up with Malmén and Strindberg again, after previously speaking with them about their brilliantly bizarre bodybuilding comedy Flex, to talk over their metanarrative influences, the tight timeline they had to write, shoot and edit their comedy horror,...
- 10/9/2023
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
"The sun has risen over Madagascar." Can going meta really save a film? Why not give it a shot? That's the idea behind this clever comedy short film called A Bloody Mess - available to watch online for free. This is the latest short created by the talented directing duo Josefin Malmén & David Strindberg, also known as "Babybaby". They run a production company based in London, making more short films and commercials like this. This is how the film stars: A lone policeman finds himself in the middle of a hellish nightmare. But as the story unfolds we discover there are other tormented souls nearby, battling demons of their own. As the story continues, filmmakers wonder if they can salvage their monster movie by going meta... Starring Joys Thsibangu, Ida Alamaa, Hugo Cohen, Camila Bejarano Wahlgren, and Karl Popow. This is such a fun, twisty little short under 10 minutes -...
- 9/29/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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