Beautiful Things (2015)
Sunlight sparking through a window sets into motion this story of a woman recovering after a break up. She heads outside looking for love, but what she doesn’t expect to find is a perfect match. Starring and with music by The Wet Darlings.
This music video is also a companion film to Olenick’s award winning short Red Luck (Best Experimental Film, Slamdance Film Festival; Most Beautiful Film, Chicago Underground Film Festival; Expanded Cinema Award, Hollywood Underground Film Festival; and Second Prize, Haverhill Experimental Film Festival). The narrative of Beautiful Things imagines an alternate fate for one of the characters in his previous film.
DIRECTOR: Mike Olenick // mikeolenick.com
MUSIC: The Wet Darlings // thewetdarlings.com
2015. 1080p.
5 minutes
Music video for The Wet Darlings.
Sunlight sparking through a window sets into motion this story of a woman recovering after a break up. She heads outside looking for love, but what she doesn’t expect to find is a perfect match. Starring and with music by The Wet Darlings.
Starring:
Jenny Lute
Aaron Bishara
Bill Patterson
Joe Patterson
and Todd Finney as the creature
Creature costume by Andytoad.
Produced by Lisa Ragland and Mike Olenick
Selected Screenings:
Chicago Underground Film Festival
EMAF
Ann Arbor Film Festival