Untitled ( excerpt (2008, 87MB, 6:27 min) There s something pleasantly reminiscent of Linklater s Slacker in this piece from Daniel Osbourne. I don t mean to suggest it s derivative; I don t think it is, or only in the completely unescapable way of coming-after. This piece has it s own identity, which at first I wasn t sure whether it was completely random, but then little bits of structuring begin to assert themselves. In particular I like the fades which occur immediately prior to anything substantive happening. A lot of it looks very good too - there s no doubt the man has an eye - the 3-D glasses sequence, the fire women, the musical instruments procession (although am I alone in finding something slighty snotty about the shot of the bemused onlookers?). That little cavil aside this is interesting stuff I look forward to seeing how Osbourne s work develops.
