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1. The Cobrasnake

by Jacob Mendel

3 years ago

An adaptation of Franz Kafka's "The Hunger Artist" following the cinematic artist that refuses to sleep.
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Jacob Mendel
Director / Cinematographer / Writer / Editor
Jason Sudak
Acting / Insomnia

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Adam Palmer 2 years ago

This was really good! I wasn't expecting to like it but I really did! Your quite the talent Jacob, cinematography and editing are one thing, but writing too? Nice! I would love to know what equipment you filmed this with.
Take Care!
Jeremy Pierson 2 years ago

Visually terrific. Unfortunately, I have the sound off, so I can't say anything about the rest, but it really looks great.
Alex Miller 2 years ago

Jacob Mendel, you have truly surprised me!
Cinematography of this film is very, very impressive.
The narrator did a superb job.
Make more great works like this one--I will watch them for sure.
Harald Hutter 2 years ago

Cool stuff Mendel. Guy Maddin made something quite similar... look it up!
Jacob Mendel 2 years ago

Do you know the name of the Guy Maddin film? I'm intrigued...
Rforbes 2 years ago

taxi driver ?
Samu Ainesmaa 2 years ago

Wow I liked this a lot. Well done Mr.Mendel, well done indeed! :)
4Τ7 2 years ago

Great atmosphere !!! Brought back the feeling I have when I watch Hal Hartley's Films...
marivi rojas 2 years ago

Thanks for the experience, it was great!!!!!!
Dwayne Henry 2 years ago

Great inspiration. Thanks
Venus Castellarin 2 years ago

Very interesting ... takes you back to the New Wave Films coming out of France and Italy in the 60s and 70s ...
Nick Ogden 2 years ago

Lot of influences mentioned here, but I'd have to say that it was also very Casavete-esque, no? Very cool and nicely shot. The composition was uniformly flawless. Bravo
fliegen 2 years ago

囧
thefinalcutpro 2 years ago

great visuals, nicely done
Ryan Jenq 2 years ago

Amazing photography! Not much else to say, fantastic short.
Martin Teschner 2 years ago

awesome!
Peter Charuza 2 years ago

splendid short, love the sound mix and cinematography.
David Hauka 2 years ago

I like this very much on many levels - but the umbrella on the beach is superb. Thanks!
Rich DeRuvo 2 years ago

I'm a big Kafka Fan and I think you portrayed the feeling of any Kafka work in the look of this film. Great job.
James Williams 2 years ago

Great work. Visually stunning indeed!
magsterTV 2 years ago

I enjoyed experiencing your "Waking Artist" vid. The man above who watched it without sound--I imagine the visuals alone are enough to sustain it and may try that myself. I am subscribing to see what you do next.
Adderall International 2 years ago

becoming acquainted with Kafka provokes the penisula of self-reflection.
Henry Selvey 2 years ago

Poetic and insightful response! Profound!
Tahir Idrees 2 years ago

Really cool
Igor Simic 2 years ago

I thought this was fantastic, the only thing that bothered me was the narrator's voice, it sounded too casual.
Ishmael Islam 2 years ago

It's good to see how you made Coney Island look fascinating even its time of destruction. That last shot on the sand is beautiful!
mediacord 2 years ago

It gave me pleassure for the entire day. thank you.
Clarence Ewing 2 years ago

Very nice. I really like the cinematography and music selections, and the way everything ties together.
Erika 2 years ago

Niceee. Great writing. It was very well put together. I really liked the angles that were shot for each setting.
Optikus Prime 2 years ago

it reminded me a bit how the max payne movie should have been.... great video indeed
Boy Genius 68 Productions 2 years ago

Great visuals, strong edit & a subtle yet gripping synopsis of the life of a tormented artist, blurring the lines between reality and fiction at times...or are they the same at all times? The mind of an artist is simple yet complex in its day to day conglomerate of emotions.
james elder 2 years ago

Very Federico Fellini .

"life is simply art"......JE
Valdemar Swings Sinatra 2 years ago

Awesome!!!!!
LeslieMonk 2 years ago

Voice Over is not a breeze. Impressed.
Skyler Miolla 2 years ago

Fabulous. Thank you. Give us more!!
bermondsey boy 2 years ago

Loved it Jacob. Jazz arthouse. Post french new wave. Le Samourai. Jean Peirre Melville. As I said to Johnny Clark, now better it.
Trey Nguyen 2 years ago

that's awesome!~
Félix Elvis 2 years ago

the trumpet, the voice, the picture, the character (his face, his haircut, kinda like eraserhead), everything is going in the same direction,
i like the way you did it
STEEP SLOPES MEDIA 2 years ago

was he really a sleep deprived person,he sure looks the part i wonder if the actor inspired the story ,a friend possibly or did you just find the perfect match either way great job and all my best regards to NEW YORK
David Hauka 2 years ago

Keep returning - wonderful. More.
Laura Aguirre 2 years ago

Great. The voice over fits perfectly.
Tom Ciaburri 2 years ago

Whoa Whoa Whoa
Helder Ferreira 2 years ago

great photography!
Бојан 2 years ago

It's still strange to me how color, from these pieces, doesn't even lack anymore. The absence of color is quit comforting in fact.
Hyun De Grande 2 years ago

Very beautiful & hypnotising!
I like your coloring a lot in this video !!
Adam Barnett 2 years ago

Is that Miles Davis?
Adam Barnett 2 years ago

OH ha. yeah. .it is Miles Davis lol. I KNEw it.
Dimitar Brayanov 2 years ago

♥
Anton Pelayo 2 years ago

amazing!
liked the shots and the overall textures and feel.
really felt the piece.
Bob Barron 2 years ago

Seductively engaging...
Syl Renaud 2 years ago

Love the black and white...well done!
amankerstudio 2 years ago

great stuf
marzio mirabella 2 years ago

Bravo!!!
David McSperitt 2 years ago

Great film, love the whole vibe it had going on.
Maria João Gedeão 2 years ago

you make me dream awake...
Alex Conrado 2 years ago

Fantastic, Jacob. Congratulations
Lia Sáile 2 years ago

Some nice visuals in there, especially towards the end.
Vintage:Nine Studios 2 years ago

Fantastic man, really great work, I loved the music and the visuals.
Counterbugs 2 years ago

Lovely.

Its interesting I thought that opening shot on the dude was actually spinning him around, surprising to cut to the wide to reveal he's in a train.
vip ez 2 years ago

Amazing !!
Lucy Whitten 2 years ago

Very creative. I love the narrators voice and music together. very very well done and put together!
Yulia Pinkusevich 2 years ago

What a curious piece, gives me nostalgia of my youth in Coney Island! Beautifully filmed. Thanks for sharing!
Noizet Pasquale 2 years ago

I like very much ! I inveted you to see a few of my films here !
Teva Shingler 2 years ago

Looks like the walking artist is on his way to great things.
sue carr 1 year ago

Very emblematic of nostalgia and dreams perhaps gone by. Wasn't Katfka also writting in the hunger artist about inability to eat or consume because of conditions in society? I find this short piece rife with questions about our current state of affairs as artists and humans on this planet. It was by no coincedence you decided to show coney island in the winter. Perhaps a metaphor for Eden lost/ childhood lost. And the broken umbrella the protagonist walked off with in closing shots reminded me of the movie "being there" with peter sellers the idiot savant character standing in for all of us.
Just my take. other than that perfection indeed
Fonzarely 1 year ago

I love it.
Harold ambeau 4 months ago

wow i like it...
Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka 3 months ago

I really enjoyed it ....:)