A day with the Boys de Clu Gulager

"A day with out the boys" es un cortometraje poético-experimental muy interesante ya que no solo tiene una estética perfecta, sino que en 18 minutos de duración que tiene el filme el director Clu Culager logra contar una historia la cual va ligada perfectamente en imagen-sonido y crea una estética perfecta para contar la historia lineal de este corto-documental-experimental.

Es impresionante como el cortometraje logra su punto principal de expresar una historia, sin diálogos ni narrador, solo música que liga la historia con un estilo poético a la perfección que nos hace entrar en el mundo fantastico que Clu Culager creo.

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"An artist is an artist is a failure," he says. "All artists are constant failures - that's the only way their art can continue. If they ever feel their art succeeds, write them off, they're finished as artists! So, we are constant failures. And maybe it's good that I try to start a project, screw it, stop it, start another one, try to sell it, can't, start, stop, go - on and on. And maybe strength comes from failing." 

Maybe. Clu had finished a short subject in 1969, called A Day With the Boys. Shot with backing from Universal Pictures' Sid Sheinberg, the movie follows the dawn-to-dusk adventures of a pack of preteen boys as they roam through fields, slide down grassy hills on pieces of cardboard and eventually enlist the company of a businessman/establishment figure - whom they roll into a pit and bury. The final scene is of the boys frolicking naked in a lake, their bodies glistening in the warm twilight. 

This film, which features a 12-year-old John Gulager and was shown at Cannes, has no dialogue but is told through the lush cinematography of Laszlo Kovacs, who was about to become famous with his work on Easy Rider. Although some parts of it may seem dated today, A Day With the Boys remains a strong entry by a promising filmmaker.