Out of Our Minds (film)

Out of Our Minds (often abbreviated as OOOM) is a 2009 fantasy film written by Melissa Auf der Maur and directed by Tony Stone. Starring Auf der Maur as the female protagonist, the film tells the mythological story of "a fantasy world where a Viking heart, a car crash and a bleeding forest connect."[2] The film uses a musical score, composed entirely by Auf der Maur and her band, and features no dialogue in order to focus on the "striking optics" and was released as "part of a multi-disciplinary Viking-themed project that includes a short film and comic book",[3] as well as accompanying her second studio album of the same name.

Out of Our Minds
Directed byTony Stone
Produced byMelissa Auf der Maur
Chemi Karasawa
Nancy Barber
Ben Scola
Story byMelissa Auf der Maur
Tony Stone
StarringMelissa Auf der Maur
Eliza Douglas
Mark Peetsma
Stephen G. Rhodes
John Rosenthal
Jeremy Gibson
Damien Paris
Music byMelissa Auf der Maur
CinematographyTony Stone
Nathan Corbin
Niles Roth
Edited byTony Stone
Distributed byPHI
Heathen Films
Release date
  • January 16, 2009 (2009-01-16) (Sundance)
[1]
Running time
30 minutes
CountryCanada
United States

Development on Out of Our Minds began as early as 2005, when Auf der Maur began the recording sessions for the album, and pre-production began in summer 2006. Independently self-produced and financed, the film itself was shot over the course of two years, in autumn 2006 and spring 2007 in Stone's hometown in Vermont, United States, where he had previously directed the simarly-themed Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America (2007).[4] Out of Our Minds premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 2009 and was also screened at the Woodstock Film Festival and NXNE among others. During her North American and European tours in support of the album in 2009 and 2010, Auf der Maur also held screenings of the film. The film was released on DVD as part of her package including the album and comic book on March 30, 2010.[5]

The film received positive critical reception upon its release with various reviews citing it as a "manifestation of an idea created amidst a life devoted to artmaking,"[6] "crazily ambitious,"[7] and "spectacular."[8]

References
  1. New York staff (January 9, 2009). "Melissa Auf der Maur to debut short film at Sundance | News | NME.COM". NME. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  2. "xMAdMx / OOOM". OOOMFilm. 2009. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  3. "Film, Comic To Augment Auf Der Maur Album | Billboard.com". Billboard. 2007. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  4. Jeff Reichert (2008). "An Interview with Tony Stone | Reverse Shot". Reverse Shot. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  5. "MAdM | Melissa Auf der Maur | Official | Full OOOM". xMAdMx.com. March 25, 2010. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  6. "MAdM Productions and Heathen Films present Out of Our Minds (OOOM)" (Press release). Isotope Films. January 2009. “…manifestation of an idea created amidst a life devoted to artmaking.”
  7. "MAdM Productions and Heathen Films present Out of Our Minds (OOOM)" (Press release). Isotope Films. January 2009. “…crazily ambitious.”
  8. "MAdM Productions and Heathen Films present Out of Our Minds (OOOM)" (Press release). Isotope Films. January 2009. “…This is just spectacular stuff.”
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