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Puphedz
Puphedz
Stars: Woodrow J. Larchbottom, III, Douglas “Chip” Fir, Peter Feidwood, Leif
Applebaum and Clayton Martinez as “Pjorn. The Cart Puller”
Writers:
Jurgen Heimann and Jim Kundig
Story
Inspired By The Work Of Edgar Allen Poe
Director:
Jurgen Heimann
Feature
length: 34 minutes – Long Version/ 27 minutes – Short Version
Extras:
Featurette, Mock Cast Bios, Photo Gallery, Trailer
Languages:
English Stereo Sound
Subtitles:
N/A
Packaging:
Amaray Keep Case
Sound:
Stereo Sound
Year
of DVD Release: 2003
Home
Video Distributor: Elite Entertainment
MPAA
Rating: Not Rated
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
There
are some things that just creep me out, like the sound and or image of
scratching a chalkboard, rubbing Styrofoam together, all insects, grotesque
clowns, and wooden puppets. Some of these are almost a conditioned response
shared by the collective unconscious of many while others are more personal. I
just do not care much for wooden puppets. I think it is because they embody in
part the grotesque imagination of the builders who create the exaggerated
features of expressions, but more so I think it is what the viewer invests into
the characters that ultimately brings these creations an anthropomorphic life,
but a life that mimics human behavior, but is still not human.
Puphedz
is the creation of a group of special effects artists who with imagination have
created an alternate world where a human (the puller) pulls a traveling theater
across the wasteland and then stops so the puppet occupants can put on shows.
This one is the Puphedz take on Edger Allen Poe entitled “The Tattle-Tale
Heart.” With the magic of computer effects to hide the strings, the viewer is
taken into an alternate universe not unlike the animated worlds we have all seen
on PBS or the big screen. In fact without going into specifics, there is no real
difference between the Puphedz performing a story for viewers than it is for
other puppets, clay and stop motion animation as well as traditional cell
animation and CGI that have invaded are theaters, airwaves, and home video
libraries for decades. In the end it is all in the execution (no pun intended)
of the artists behind the work and there is a lot of care put into this short
that can be sensed in the first few seconds when the video begins.
Intended
as the first of a series of shorts, Elite Entertainment has released “Puphedz:
The Tattle-Heart: The Warped And Splintered Edition” complete with the
television friendly shorter version (27 minutes) and the longer version 34
minutes in a (1.33:1) aspect ratio with English Stereo Sound. No captions or
subtitles are encoded on to the DVD. Extra
features include a making-of featurette (16:06), an animated slide show (: 57),
mock Puphedz cast bios, the US trailer (1:52), European trailer (3:03), and a
teaser trailer (: 39).
“Puphedz:
The Tattle-Tale Heart” was the winner of the “Best Animation” Award at the
2002 Los Angeles Screamfest Horror Film Festival. The DVD will carry a low
suggested retail price of only $9.95. “Puphedz: The Tattle-Tale Heart: The
Warped And Splintered Edition” will debut on DVD-Video at retailers on and
offline on February 4, 2003 from Elite Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2003 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.