EVOL: Love in a backward world
Elizabeth February 15th, 2008
A massive thankyou to MetroDad for sharing this fantastic short film! I hope everyone can spare 4 minutes to watch it.
Whether you see Valentine’s Day as a chance to shower a loved one in gifts or a good excuse to order an extra-dry gin martini, you’re probably going to think about love at some point today. So watching Chris Vincze’s graceful and very clever short film EVOL is a great way to treat yourself to a lighthearted take on the subject du jour.
To shoot EVOL, Vincze had his two leads, a mopey man and a sweetly bookish woman in the middle of busy London, perform all of their actions backward. Then he reversed the film in postproduction — showing us a couple who find each other because they’re out of sync with everyone else. The technique fits the film’s story perfectly: It’s magical, unashamedly corny, a little disorienting, and constantly surprising. Which, in our experience, is pretty much like falling in love.
via VSL
Tim and I celebrated Valentines Day on an inner-city rooftop, watching a great movie and freezing our butts off. More about that later today.
Meanwhile, check out the pretty roses from Tim ♥
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Those last steps up to the rooftop bar/cinema give me the heeby jeebies, even with my fear of heights under control, but it’s such a great place to hang out for a drink.
I haven’t seen a film there. Yet. And speaking of that building, I love Cookie!
Great little film. Beautiful and ever so tear inducing when already feeling a bit emotional
R
Really Ralf? That’s funny, because I’m usually the one who freezes to the spot with sweaty palms when heights are involved. I have a lot of trouble on staircases that make me feel too exposed, but I didn’t even notice them last night!
Mind you, we did take the stairs from the ground floor instead of using the lift, so maybe I was just more focused on the fact that I couldn’t breathe!
Tim remembered halfway through the night that you’d been to this place, but I’d forgotten about that until he mentioned it. I have some photos coming up that I’m sure you’ll appreciate
Those are gorgeous roses! So pretty!
Ooo, lovely roses.
What a lovely little film! Its nice to see something thats actually FOR Valentines. It becomes such a overmarketed holiday, even the schmoopiest of saps can’t help getting a bit cynical at this time of year.
It was a nice touch with the interesting filming too. Thanks for sharing this.
Those are pretty roses! I love the delicate colouring of them. Are they fragrant? I do so love the smell of roses.
MK
Mary Kate: They’re very fragrant! They smell even better than they look.