Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:52:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Tamar Lindsay <dicconf at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: via MakingLight: "It's like genre fantasy slush set     to music."
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Michael Walsh <mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
>> Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at panix.com> 12/10/2008 8:44 PM >>>
<snip>

>>>>>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDyDz8WeiM4

>>"So why all the fuss? Let's just say that Owens, along with director
>>Robert Short, has made either the greatest, or the worst, music video of
>>all time (that looks as if it was shot in the 1990s, and sounds straight
>>out of the 1980s), depending on your taste.
>>
>>His YouTube video tags -- Narnia, LOTR, witches, angels, knights, Final
>>Fantasy, romance, Eragon, ghosts and spirits -- pretty much tell you
>>everything you need to know . Watch the video above, which was filmed
>>earlier this year over five days in various California locations. Our
>>interview with Owens is after the jump, wherein he reveals the secret of
>>his awesomeness (hint: it's anime)."
>
>Blame Don Wollheim.

I can't hear the lyrics so I have watched it with the sound off and had
some fun identifying a few movie allusions besides those listed.
The one that comes to mind easily is The Princess Bride but there
were quite a few others.

=Tamar