Black Something (2016)

In late 2015 Bright Ideas magazine and its publisher the innovative crowdfunding and distribution platform Seed amp Spark commissioned directing duo the Zellner Bros KUMIKO THE TREASURE HUNTER to make a short piece in response to a Criterion Collection release that they considered inspiring The brothers chose Louis Malles wild hallucinogenic BLACK MOON 1975 itself a trippedout reimagining of Alice in Wonderland Shot in the woods near their Austin homes BLACK SOMETHING captures Malles blending of idyllic pastoral imagery with nightmarish fantasy distilling it into a skincrawlingly unsettling threeminute short