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Is this the great­est film-themed video essay ever made?

19 Aug 2016

Words by David Jenkins

Actor and film­mak­er Ken­tuck­er Aud­ley cel­e­brates the upcom­ing 21st anniver­sary of the inspi­ra­tional dra­ma, Powder.

We know what you’re say­ing… Anoth­er day, anoth­er video essay drops down from the giant con­tent chute in the sky. But this one is dif­fer­ent. This one is about Tim Burton’s (sic) 1995 film Pow­der, con­cern­ing the dai­ly strug­gles of a bald, white idiot savant who suf­fers the indig­ni­ties and humil­i­a­tions of life in Small Town ​‘Mer­i­ca. It has been cre­at­ed by Ken­tuck­er Aud­ley for The Talk­house, the internet’s home for artists to dis­cuss oth­er people’s art. It’s prob­a­bly not worth say­ing any more about this exhil­a­rat­ing and thought­ful decon­struc­tion of one of the ​’90s most val­ued and dis­cussed works of film art, so best you just watch it and enjoy.

This video essay was orig­i­nal­ly cre­at­ed for The Talk­house

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