A Puff Before Dying | Insane REAL LIFE PSA

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When marionettes mix with marijuana, a joy ride becomes their last ride. A selection of Short of the Week, the web's leading curators of quality short films. SUBMIT A FILM: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/submit/ FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2021/10/21/a-puff-before-dying/ Subscribe to S/W on YouTube! Website: http://www.shortoftheweek.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ShortoftheWeek Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shortoftheweek Twitter: https://twitter.com/shortoftheweek "This is a PSA… no, really it is. Unlike any public safety announcement you ever watched in D.A.R.E., A Puff Before Dying warns against driving under the influence of marijuana absurdly using marionettes and all of the makings of a horror movie. In a Dazed and Confused meets Team America retro homage, filmmakers Michael Reich and Mike Pinkney dazzle, humor, and shock. Despite its strings, A Puff Before Dying holds nothing back and will satisfy with absolute carnage. Premiering in SXSW’s Midnight Shorts program, I expected a certain amount of WTF, but was delightfully unprepared for this festival favorite. There’s a wholesomeness to the film’s first act, which plays much like a coming-of-age between Officer Davis (James Kirkland) and his daughter (Annie Mebane) as he warns her against substance use and excessive partying. The colorfully felt-saturated pink teen bedroom coupled with the use of puppetry and synth music are incredibly disarming. So when a joyride takes a horrible tu

Published 2021-10-21 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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