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20. BABY CHUCK - Whatever Is Happening

by Eddie O'KEEFE

1 month ago

19. The ORWELLS - Mallrats (La La La)

by Eddie O'KEEFE

2 months ago

18. JJAMZ -- Bootleg Promo

by Eddie O'KEEFE

2 months ago

17. The CHANCES - No Escape

by Eddie O'KEEFE

7 months ago

16. The ORWELLS - Under The Flowers

by Eddie O'KEEFE

7 months ago

15. A Cycle 3 Film About A Couple Having An Argument o…

by Eddie O'KEEFE

8 months ago

14. The Surf Ballroom Sessions #3 -- The CHANCES

by Eddie O'KEEFE

11 months ago

13. The GHOSTS

by Eddie O'KEEFE

1 year ago

12. The Ghosts - Trailer

by Eddie O'KEEFE

1 year ago

11. The ORWELLS - The Righteous One

by Eddie O'KEEFE

1 year ago

10. Gold Motel - Cold Shoulders (Official Music Video)

by Eddie O'KEEFE

1 year ago

9. The Surf Ballroom Sessions #2 -- Jack DIAMOND

by Eddie O'KEEFE

1 year ago

8. The Surf Ballroom Sessions #1 -- Michael RUNION

by Eddie O'KEEFE

1 year ago

7. ???

by Eddie O'KEEFE

1 year ago

6. The Ghosts (Teaser #1)

by Eddie O'KEEFE

1 year ago

5. Gold Motel - Safe In L.A. (Official Music Video)

by Eddie O'KEEFE

1 year ago

4. Gold Motel - We're On The Run (Official Music Video)

by Eddie O'KEEFE

1 year ago

3. Gold Motel - Perfect In My Mind (Official Music Video)

by Eddie O'KEEFE

2 years ago

2. American Folklore

by Eddie O'KEEFE

2 years ago

1. Eddie O'KEEFE's Writer/Director Reel

by Eddie O'KEEFE

2 years ago

Girls, Boys, Rock 'n' Roll, Sex, Guns, Leather, Summer, Humidity, Suburbia.
eddie.okeefe [at] theteenagehead.com
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Credits

Eddie O'KEEFE
Director/Co-Writer
Matt Mando
Producer
Jack Gumion
Co-Writer/Co-Star
Delaney Teichler
Cinematographer

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Peter Wegmann 11 months ago

love it
Terry Jun 11 months ago

AWESOME! Glad to be able to help!
Eddie O'KEEFE 11 months ago

Thanks for the support/equipment/expertise/kind words, Terry.
RYAN OHM ▲ 11 months ago

Turned out super cool, Eddie!
michaelrunion 11 months ago

Beyond Blonde. So good.
John Liwag 11 months ago

Nothing compares to how cool the rebellious Ghosts are. I loved this!
Dustin Hamlin 11 months ago

Fuckin brilliant
Derek Beck 11 months ago

what did you shoot on? the whole thing has a great feel to it
Joe Ferrara 11 months ago

Really really good man! Love it!
Johnny Beton 11 months ago

love it.
i want one of these jackets!
Chris Hamby 11 months ago

proud to have supported this, Eddie
Eddie O'KEEFE 11 months ago

Thanks Hamby!
Weldon Byrns 11 months ago

WOW! That is really good. Did you do this for a specific project or just to do it?
Congrats!
Eddie O'KEEFE 11 months ago

Just did it. Glad you dig it.
MARZ 11 months ago

its like Scenes From The Suburbs gone early late 50s 60s !!
John Peter Idris Bowen 11 months ago

Great stuff! Who did the music for when "the ghosts" first appear and the music used in the first minute? I love it!!
Michael Boehnker 11 months ago

Song is Tonight by Smith Westerns. I got so excited because I knew I'd heard it before but I couldn't place my finger on who it was so I went scrounging through my music collection... took me a while haha.
Sam Shapson 11 months ago

Not surprisingly, really stunning work Ed. Can't wait to see your next stuff!
Eddie O'KEEFE 11 months ago

Thanks for all the help on it, Sam. Couldn't have done it without you. How's Harvest coming along?
Art n Hustle 11 months ago

So dope great work
Officine Macadam 11 months ago

This work is magnificent!!! nice, nice, nice! W the Ghosts!
Simon Munn 11 months ago

Really enjoyed this. It really does capture the 50s kid gangs, rock n roll, Grease movement. Love the way you have graded the film to add to the feel, not to mention the use of vinyl sounding music. Well done!
Shane McGee 11 months ago

That was great! You guys should make this music available somehow, its AWESOME.
Nick Hickling 11 months ago

amazing.
awooble 11 months ago

that was so great!!! i loved it. thank you. :D
Kevin Clark 11 months ago

Really inspiring work! Great job! I actually really dug the whole old 16mm reversal film stock look you had going.
Matt Landry 11 months ago

Never before have I been so tempted to wear leather.
jonE5 11 months ago

Amazing film and great grading job. I decided to feature this as the Short film of the week on my blog. You join the ranks of some very talented film makers. From indie wonders to the man Martin Scorcese himself! Feel free to leave any comments about your experiences making the film etc...

You can view the blog here
jone5films.wordpress.com/

Congratulations!

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izzy traub 11 months ago

Wow. That was absolutely fantastic! Really great job. Is there any way that you can make the soundtrack available? Loved the style.
Matt Mando 11 months ago

Soundtrack coming soon... stay tuned.
Ziggy Matsas 11 months ago

Damn, Eddie, you really did it this time. I mean, REALLy nailed it, you did a fantastic job and everyone who helped make it this special deserves cred too, haha.
Jerry Bosley 11 months ago

I liked this, but the vinyl scratchings were distracting and really not needed. In the 1950's, it didn't sound like that, it was clean.
Daniel Hauswald 10 months ago

I didn't find them distracting, in fact I didn't even really find them that noticeable until you brought them up. They could have maybe been toned back by about a third, but they went with that whole "Teenage Fever Dream" aspect of it—A view of these events as being some kind of fantasy arising from a mess of old memories. (at least that's what I got out of it)

It doesn't sound as much like vinyl to me as much as a poorly maintained analog soundtrack... As a 35mm projectionist I can tell you, when you get poorly printed foreign or super-indie trailers that aren't in the standard cyan soundtrack designed for red-light soundheads and they get to run for a few months accumulating gunk and dust, they can sound just as bad or worse if you don't run the print through film guard or clean it... I'd imagine it would be even worse on 16mm over a number of years of neglect.

I have to commend them for not going overboard with the dust and scratches, too... It is something that is so often over done, but it is used here as a barely noticeable noise and texture that just subtly contributes to the mood.
grazz 11 months ago

Loved this! The high-contrast black and white reminded me a lot of William Klein's photographic work.
gojustyle 11 months ago

Just peeped your work.

Mate this is great stuff, love the way it was shot.
Thorsten Schönrade 11 months ago

great movie! absolutely love the style.
Charles Alden 11 months ago

Something inbetween the warriors, grease, and raveonettes, I love the feeling of the film, nice black and white, the music is superb, I'm assuming you had quite a deal of money to be able to afford renting out the old cars, in anycase congrats, even if I think a wide shot or two could have been necessary to seperate certain scenes.
Anthony Nguyen 11 months ago

Absolutely breathtaking.
Misho Antadze 11 months ago

Love the montage.
Jonathan Gillie 11 months ago

Hi Eddie, Thanks for the film its great, Im particularly taken by the music, can you point me in the direction of some artists from that genre? Either from that period or Contemporary? Many Thanks.
Eddie O'KEEFE 11 months ago

Hey man, glad you dig the film...check this out: theteenagehead.com/blog/2011/03/the-ghosts-music-that-inspired-the-film/
audiopleasures 11 months ago

awesome, was waiting for some time already !!!
posted : audiopleasures.blogspot.com/2011/03/ghosts-by-eddie-okeefe.html
Hodge Podge Productions 11 months ago

Well played. Love the image of the gang emerging from the junkyard. I totally dig, daddy-o's. Thanks for sharing.
Chardine Taylor-Stone 11 months ago

I love this! Brill! Being a lover of 50s 60s music and style, as we would say in London town this is 'the dogs bollocks' xx
Daxson Hale 11 months ago

My fave. Can I be good at stuff too?
Magicpantz Films 11 months ago

I like where you're heading Eddie...
Shadrach 11 months ago

Love the music and the filming is excellent!
Brandon Long 11 months ago

this is probably one of the most epic things I've ever seen on vimeo. Please direct a music video for the Raveonettes, pleeeease.

I can only dream of someday making something this good. Can I be your intern? lol
laurent mellet 11 months ago

excellent, beautifully shot, love the style
Gary Samson 11 months ago

This is the best thing i've seen on Vimeo. Vimeo can shut down now. It's over.
Kiri Binnersley 10 months ago

agree.
Brittany Sterling 11 months ago

!!
Allen Colombo 11 months ago

agree with G. Samson. absolutely fantastic.
Pablo Olmos Arrayales 11 months ago

Great soundtrack and lovely story.
Cool!
All the best
El Nawal 11 months ago

Amazing work man!! keep it up!!
Henry J Konczak 11 months ago

Cool. You set a pensive teen-angst mood. Good job.
frwlx 10 months ago

So Amazing, i really loved this, i was what i really needed to see to cheers me up. Amazing visuals, timeless story and the perfect soundtrack...
Well Done!
seth bruce 10 months ago

Amazing!!! soundtrack and all....how can I get these songs???
oliver mellan 10 months ago

love this asthetic!
Bonnie Burton 10 months ago

LOVED it! More please!!!!
Monet Stargazer 10 months ago

Fantastic job! Well done! Love it!
Kiri Binnersley 10 months ago

im in love with this film.. :) I watch it daily, what is the music in this?
Short of the Week 10 months ago

So Ace. A lot of know how and commitment to pull something like this off. Much impressed.

vimeo.com/channels/shortoftheweek
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shortoftheweek.com/2011/03/28/the-ghosts/
Cleon Arrey 10 months ago

Haha, Good job mate!
Marcin Plawnicki 10 months ago

It just blowed my mind..
Sean Broadbent 10 months ago

loved this. Your actress looked like Natalie Wood! Happy coincidence? Great costumes.
Kenneth Bauer 10 months ago

This is really well done!
Clay Jones 10 months ago

Best damn short I've ever seen. I'm showing this to everyone I know. Thanks for making the bar higher.
Jeremiah Bennett 10 months ago

Love the movie man! Very well done!
Jugulaire 10 months ago

I really liked it.
Crazy Diamond 10 months ago

really great job
alex tyson 10 months ago

Wow... really well done. The titles were smokey and spot on- I assume they were set digitally and then re-photographed/re-filmed/projected?

A really fun film.
DJ Devereux 10 months ago

this is fantastic in every sense of the work!, no joke, this is one of my all time favourite films ever
Omie Blue 10 months ago

Dig ur style man!! I admire the way u utilize music to tell the story and give the groove.Great job, looking forward to ur upcoming work.
Cove Covington 10 months ago

This is phenomenal, truly.
Madeline Quinn 10 months ago

When they're praying at around 7:30ish in- love that specific portrait of Jesus found in every mormon home. Also- cool short, A+ would recommend, etc.
Auke-Jan Weening 9 months ago

This is terrific. Never before have I liked anything that looked this old. First time I did. Thank you.
MARZ 7 months ago

What was this shot on?
Eddie O'KEEFE 7 months ago

A Panasonic HVX.
MARZ 7 months ago

Holy jiblets, nice grading!
Heebie Jeebies 7 months ago

whats the last song on the film called.? really beautiful!
Kiri Binnersley 7 months ago

I was so sad when this went off vimeo for awhile, I love this video, where can I get this, I want to watch this again and again... haha sad but true I just love it!
On the Go Media 6 months ago

Super fun. I've been lov'n your shorts.
Nuno Barbosa 6 months ago

Love it!
aaronricardgreen 6 months ago

Nice piece of work. Someone mentioned they want a leather jac like shown. I want mine back from Iggy Pop who stole it ! Who cares? They're a dime a dozen any way. What I appreciate: the black & white...the contemp mixed w/ what I grew up with, the scratchings in the vinyl soundtrack, a particular affluent sound in the voices which depicts burbs anglo 50's-60's genre teens, the autos, the out-gangstas (no one today wld write their gang name on their jacket), night shots (sky, characters, objects, sound). What I want to see: my WIP which brings your concept up to 2011. These aren't easy things to do. Subliminal hits of La Dolce Vita, here & there. Good job Eddie ! I know it's 4 months since it was posted...wonder what you're up to in this LA late July. Best to ya.
Martyna Kowalczyk 2 months ago

the most beaustiful and amazing thing i have seen lately.
if it was made in LA im so happy to be visiting california soon, hope to feel atmosphere of this video there
Rob Munday 3 weeks ago

Really stylish piece - added to our channel - vimeo.com/channels/wearedn