The Short: Storytime (1968)
The earliest available work from a young, up-and-coming animator named Terry Gilliam is seething with his usual surreal style.
Filmed in typically stream-of-consiousness style, as though the narrator had taken some interesting substances beforehand, it follows the story... well, best you see for yourself.
If It Was Made Feature-Length: If Gilliam's still having trouble getting movies made and released, we want him to team up with Pixar and convert this into a chaotic, satirical and utterly bizarre think-piece.
Jeff Bridges and Johnny Depp can narrate.
It might end up being the 'toon kings' least successful release ever, but you've got to admit it'll be something to see.
The Short: Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967)
Among the most famous short student movies ever created, this was fashioned by George Lucas while attending USC.
Running for 15 minutes and filmed in the featureless underground parking lot at LAX airport, it's a dystopian nightmare where emotions are controlled by drugs and one man longs to escape the computerised society.
If It Was Made Feature-Length: If? Surely everybody knows that this is the best known example of a student film actually making it to big screen status.
The 15 minute short had to be expanded upon, so the original's plot is essentially the last act of the THX 1138 movie.
After some CG tinkering for its special edition release, we're hoping Lucas doesn't get the urge to play with it again.
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MrMiyagi
Aug 20th 2009, 16:34
The bigger fall harder. So the shorter fall softer. But no midgets in army.
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