Watch: Tan Madonna
Monday, 9 September 2019
It's the master of improv, Alex Knost, and his first film as director. Yeah, there's plenty of his own surfing in it, but he's also joined by Harry Bryant, Michael February, and Karina Rozunko, with Knost editing all the footage - calling him a director is overstating it, there are no actors or scenes.
If you're familiar with Knost's ouevre then you'll know what to expect, he doesn't deviate in look or sound, and if you aren't then consider it a breath of fresh air from the daily blast of surf content.
Comments
Really, No leg Ropes.
I've seen a number of times what a flying board can do to a human body and its not pretty. I've also witnessed what a human can do to a person who chooses to surf with no leggy with other people around, also not pretty. Good luck with recreating the past guys and the odds are you will hit somebody, the question is who. I really hope its not a kid and you take their eye out or a brain injury that will maim them for life.
Obviously the Jamie Brisick comments where related to this bunch .
"Now that’s some duck- faced, selfie level pretentious bullshit."
YEP x 2
Mr mick
All a little bit too theatrical really.And the music........?
Kinda cool. European almost. Some grasping of the dying concept of Western freedom in there. Fun.
I think I'm to old, and work to much, but this felt like conceited vacuous shit.
MK
Nothing wrong with drawing out a bottom turn and then getting pitted.-a lot further down the line than most people could do. Maybe too hipster but all those guys are good surfers.
Thank god for the little skip 15 seconds button. Mostly unwatchable.Surely Alex Knost has to fall off the radar soon?. Put the fucking guitar down to. You cant fucking play it!!!!!.
Luba
Woah!!! There are some heavy comments going on here. It's just a film made by a novice film maker. It's all good guys where's the encouragement!?
The music was abstract, interesting. Quote from LA "every guy on a street corner can play scales at Mach 3".
Surfing was contrived, but that's what a film is -not a nature documentary.
Give them some credit for trying??
I just don't like his surfing. Looks really awkward and there is no real smooth link between turns. Really jerky but in a longitudinal sense not vertical. True scales at Mach 3 are boring but real musicianship is not. The guy can't play.
"don't like his surfing", so, who cares? Playtime doesn't have to be fluid, surely it's all about having fun.
Us Aussies really have this tall poppy syndrome thing down pat.
for an ol' dude like me i really enjoyed it and makes me wanna try some new stuff...great to pass a lunch break with...
arohabro
Jamie Brisick nailed it for this. I had to force myself to watch the entire clip, after reading others comments. Just to make sure didn't miss something.
I didn't.
I like it. It's interesting and different.
I'd prefer to watch Alex surf over pretty much all the 'high performance' clips that come through.
I guess it takes all sorts eh.
Tried to watch it twice. Lasted about 2 mins tops. I've got more important things to do for the next 24 + minutes. Extracting belly button fluff for instance. A film that goes nowhere. I know where I'd like to put it.
think i just found a cure for my insomnia
Not my cup of tea.
If it’d been made by pommies you’d appreciate it as a Spinal Tap style pisstake . In which case , whilst not being funny , you’d have to award a couple of points for accuracy in portraying the plagaristic modern art/soul hipster and their unimaginative, bower birdesque approach to style.
Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s that level of self awareness going on and so we are left with this steaming pile of unwatchable shit.
"steaming pile of unwatchable shit" - isn't that the whole point of the film - to provoke the viewer by way of using an anti-pretty package?? Cringe, by purpose, is the genre.
I don't think there was any deeper meaning behind this clip. I think the "steaming pile of unwatchable shit" term fits quite nicely.
I tried to load an image of an advertisement from the film Idiocracy "If you don't smoke Tarrylons, fuck you!"
It's not the meaning that's so interesting, it's the culture or presentation of the film that says so much about the point in time. A little analyzing and we see the components with more clarity. There is a real "fuck you" attitude going on. As in, 'I'm getting paid for this, and if you don't like it, I don't give a fuck'. The apathy may or may not be miss-directed, it is what it is, which is a hard-to-watch film.
Quote from a friend recently: (observing) "the government is like watching a piece of shit rott on the lawn". Whether the film makers were aware of their apathy and cultural discourse or not is irrelevant. Commercial surfing can be viewed as an simile for centralised decision making as a whole, and this film is as obvious as a 'steaming pile of shit rotting on the lawn'??
I'm gonna need a while to think about all that.
I wouldn’t bother.
There’s no more going on in this movie than is obvious at the shallowest of observations. The lack of imagination is matched only by the lack of artistic ability . Even this dearth of talent and originality could be qualified if there was an inkling of passion or desire to create something new or even worthwhile.
But , no.
It’s glaringly obvious that Knost is nothing more than a meme generator who gleams the stylistic flourishes that were unique and valuable in their original eras and repackages them in a poorly represented mash mash of cultural theft, then devalues them even further by delivering it with no personal effort or a modicum of personal flavour. Not even an ironic grin.
This isn’t The Great Rock and Roll Swindle , this is Britney Spears murdering I can’t get no satisfaction. Actually, it’s not even that, at least Britney can sing .
https://youtu.be/vF2l_rWdvDs
I thought Britney was pretty hot in that, but you are 100% on the money.
The older I get, the more the South Australian desert gets hit in my realestate.com searches
Agree
No matter how hip there's always something more hip.
Balls of fire
Yeah, nah. Compared to the other MFeb video this looks wanky. Not a fan and those turns and drop wallets not smooth.
Serious question, does Alex get paid to surf?
Joy Division were hip.
Train Spotting was hip.
Knost is not.
Surfing is not.