The other week I received a fan letter from a sweet kid named Daniel Wiles from Forest Dale, VT. It reads as so.....
I get fan mail from time to time but this one happened to have come at a particular time when I felt inspired by his letter to do some video making of my own. As a salute to the hand made art form I made a short "sweded" adaptation of the book. For those of you who don't know, the term "sweding" comes from the Michel Gondry movie Be Kind Rewind. In the film, the character Jerry, played by Jack Black, accidentally erases the videotapes at Mos Def's rental store, and the pair remake all the movies themselves. These versions become popular with customers, who are told they take longer to arrive and cost more because they come from Sweden. Hence, the films are referred to as 'sweded'. It's a very charming movie to say the least. Here is the trailer...
Over the years the movie movie inspired many folks to do do their own sweded movies and by simply doing a search on youtube for "sweded" you will find a countless number of sweded features. Here is a sweded version of Back to the Future...
The intent of these interpretations is to feel campy and so, needless to say, I had a fun time making this movie. I may just have to make ALL my future book trailers this way. It took about a day to film and now I also have nifty Sidekick puppets to toss around at book signings. Enjoy the film and don't forget to vote for Sidekicks for the Children's Choice Book Awards by clicking HERE.
Peace.
