Directed by Seth Chatfield and written by Derek Curley and Mary Widow, who also play the leads Nick and Erica Finn, this film attempts to answer the question of "What happens when we die?" to the two leads, as they go from hearing voices in the woods to worrying about the end of the world before a very ordinary event ends up pushing them toward that answer instead of the horrific fate that we expect from this movie.
The song this is based on goes like this:
"I know a ditty nutty as a fruitcake goofy as a goon and silly as a loon
Some call it pretty, others call it crazy
But they all sing this tune: Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you? Yes!
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
If the words sound queer and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey
Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy""
It was such a big song -- it was Decca Records biggest single of 1944 -- that two dozen covers came out in two weeks. It was written by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston and originally was in the Laurel and Hardy movie The Big Noise. Perhaps it's best and most famous use was in the first episode of season two of Twin Peaks.
Back to this short. Credit should be paid to cinematographer Caleb Heller and editor Adrian Hedgecock, who make this look beyond a low budget short and make me want to see more of what everyone in the film can do with more, particularly Chatfield, Curley and Widow.
The song this is based on goes like this:
"I know a ditty nutty as a fruitcake goofy as a goon and silly as a loon
Some call it pretty, others call it crazy
But they all sing this tune: Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you? Yes!
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
If the words sound queer and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey
Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy""
It was such a big song -- it was Decca Records biggest single of 1944 -- that two dozen covers came out in two weeks. It was written by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston and originally was in the Laurel and Hardy movie The Big Noise. Perhaps it's best and most famous use was in the first episode of season two of Twin Peaks.
Back to this short. Credit should be paid to cinematographer Caleb Heller and editor Adrian Hedgecock, who make this look beyond a low budget short and make me want to see more of what everyone in the film can do with more, particularly Chatfield, Curley and Widow.
