[WATCHED: March 15, 2012] The Wolf Knife
Ever since the advent of Wholphin, McSweeney’s short film DVD series, The Believer’s annual Film Issue has included films that do not belong on Wholphin–typically longer films, which is a cool way to see things you normally wouldn’t. This year’s issue includes a feature-length film by Laurel Nakadate, The Wolf Knife.
Readers of this blog know that I love the McSweeney’s empire. I read McSweeeney’s and The Believer, Grantland and Lucky Peach. They’ve gotten me to enjoy things I never thought I would. I also really love Wholphin–the films are weird and cool and unexpected.
So you can imagine how disappointed I was to be so disappointed by The Wolf Knife. The introduction to the film in the magazine is by Deb Olin Unferth. She made it sound amazing (even though she admits that people did walk out during the first fifteen minutes in some screenings). And yet, after going through what some critics have said she concludes: “to some [seeing the film] might sound like the best possible use of ninety minutes of their lives.”
Oh how wrong this was. (more…)
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