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‘Now The Time Has Come To Unleash The Footage That Disturbed And Haunted It’s Very Own Creator…’

Made in 1991, buried by the director for not being up to standard, re-released in 2019 by Vinegar Syndrome [I think, not 100% sure], unwatched by me cos I couldn’t find it on YouTube, it’s Barry J Gillis’ Wicked World.

The guy who directed Things.

The redlettermedia vid on this is one of their best, mostly down to the bizarro material they have to work with here. A man in a gas mask standing in full view by a living room window, unnoticed by anyone, machine gun audio at a BBQ, psychiatrist with a death wish, I hate slides, this nurse is an idiot etc.

The editing looks insane.

Maybe on some level, it’s a work of genius.

The level of no one else could’ve made this thing and there is beauty in that.

Is it abstract enough though?

Was the director trying to make sense or trying to evade it in order to absorb the theme [blanket wickedness] completely?

Answers to barryhatesslides@hotmail.com.

Note: for those who are familiar with Chinese and can spot the Chinese characters in the images below, 咁 should be 有 but I’m too lazy to redo the whole sketch. Besides, mistakes can be beautiful.

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