Ok, this is actually pretty great and gotta say the use of John Murphy’s apocalyptic “28 Days Later” score (still one of the best from this decade), really puts this one over-the-top into the “wow, this kinda rules” category.
Apparently Uruguayan filmmaker Fede Alvarez has taken Hollywood by storm this week thanks to his almost five minute short film, “Panic Attack!” (“Ataque de Pánico!”) that has drawn some comparisons to Neill Blomkamp’s “District 9” because of its lo-fi, shaky-cam, documentarian depiction of a random and terrifying robot invasion (very “Iron Giant”) on Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. It actually feels like a crazy cross between “28 Days Later,” “District 9” and a terrorist attack ala footage from 9/11.
The video is so damn impressive, apparently every agency in L.A. is taking meetings with him in hopes of snatching him up. Then surely, someone is going to attach him to some high-concept science-fiction film, no? Or in the meantime, he can surely get steady work as a commercial director while he develops project. It appears that footage of the short has been used in the music video for the band, Snake, but really, it’s nowhere near as cool as the original clip which is admittedly, very arresting. You need to see this.
