‘We Were Once A Fairytale’
October 19, 2009 // Music + Video

While I may think my description of Where The Wild Things Are was pretty good, I have no idea what to say about Spike Jonze’s newest endeavor. This 11 minute short features Kanye West in a film called We Were Once A Fairytale, a bizarre little journey that I still don’t quite understand, but am strangely intrigued by. The best parts are at the end, so you’ll have to watch and see for yourself.

Bobby

  1. Last year Chris Milk did a video for Gnarles Barkley’s Who’s Gonna Save My Soul [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhxK2IOywVE].
    Milk’s animation was actually an original, exquisitely executed with such tenderness that moved one’s own heart.
    Jonze’s trite imitation is as insincere as Mr. West himself and pales in comparison.
    Bad boy Mr. Jonze, let’s hope you know better!

    Comment by vasavoircamille — October 19, 2009 #

  2. Possible commentary on Kanye’s recent admission to being a problematic drinker?

    Comment by Matt — October 19, 2009 #

  3. What a douche. Kanye West made a “copyright claim” and now I can’t see the vid. LAME.

    Comment by Kayla — October 19, 2009 #

  4. Somhow I can actually picture Kanye West himself calling up Youtube and shouting at them for hosting this video ^^

    Comment by richiee — October 20, 2009 #

  5. [...] critical analysis of the film, but it’s definitely interesting, especially so toward the end, as noted by KitsuneNoir. So yeah, seeing as most Youtube files of the film have this nice message: “This video is no [...]

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