H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Other Gods’ Update
Note to thy self: If you don’t know what I’m referring to here, read this other post first.
A few things. First of all, I have learned that there is, in fact, no such person as ‘Peter Rhodes’. At least not in the sense he’s presented in relation to this film.
But he does exist as a ‘meta-character’ of sorts; an alter-ego of Mike Boas, the actual creator of the film; a character who’s realm is not within the film itself but rather in the story that surrounds and lends ‘atmosphere’ to the film. You might call that ‘lying’ because the lie happens to venture outside the confines of the ‘box’ where lies are normally allowed to roam, out into ‘reality’ where only the ‘facts’ are supposed to dwell. Here’s what I think of that notion:
a) That it’s stupid, especially in this day and age. Reality and fiction mix and merge constantly whether we are aware of it or not, and whether we like it or not. Deal with it.
b) Yawn. Playing within such arbitrary boundaries between fact and fiction is boring, especially for an artist. Who decides where creativity must stop and factuality must begin? I side with the heretics who aren’t afraid to play around with such false distinctions. Reality is what you can get away with.
c) It’s not really lying if it’s later revealed by Mr. Boas himself in a podcast discussing the project.
But I digress. The full (short, 6-minute) film, ‘The Other Gods’ is now viewable online HERE. And it’s awesome. Delicious, occult eye-candy for the darker sensibilities of the soul. Check it out.
Also, as I suspected would be the case, Keith Handy did an excellent job on the musical score. I hope we’ll be seeing and hearing more from them both. High fives all around.
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Great find Brooke. I used to read a lot of Lovecraft, and the author is as fascinating as his books. I’m surprised how little interest the studios or independents have had, but that’s probably for the better, as - particularly for Lovecraft - the imagination brings everything to life in a way that movies couldn’t.
what the generous Brooke from the Supernatural Things blog had to say about H. P. Lovecraft’s The Other …