And the trailer for his new film The Smiling Bag inspires.
Is there anything Dion Agius cannot do? Is there any hill he cannot climb? Wave he cannot slide? Industry he cannot slay? Island he cannot live on? (did you know Manhattan is an island? Did you know Byron is a cultural island?)
And you hater, you low bastard, you asshole. I dare you to watch this trailer and grumpily critique. I dare you to watch and find fault.
ASSHOLE!
Open your mind to art! And you think I’m joking? You think I’m being purposefully/ironically hyperbolic?
Well you are wrong. The angles, interludes, music, cast, staging, direction and editing here are as good as I’ve ever seen in a trailer. The turns alone…
The turns!
Have you ever seen this many full-throated turns in a modern surf film trailer?
Have you?
LIAR!
I told you already that you are an asshole. I was right then and I am right now.
There is nothing to hate here. Only things to love. Only, hopefully, the future of surf.
the smiling bag. extended trailer. from Dion Agius on Vimeo.
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why is it all footy from cluster
Wait til you’re old mullet. Just you wait. Then you too will yell at clouds.
Christ this looks unwatchable. You want a good trailer, that’s sophisticated and sincere at the same time? Dig up the original trailer for Glass Love, with the dude riding the one foot wave on that twin keel with the soft tinkling of a piano back. (not the one floating around on YouTube with some shaping and voiceover thrown in — o.g. trailer was just a guy on a fish flying down the line. perfect).
Saw the movie. It was good, had some slayer.
film grain – check
lens flare – check
frontside air – check
middle finger – check
no brazzos – check
That was pretty cool from a visual standpoint, but one thing really bugs me. In most of Dion’s clips, the edit is cut off before you can tell if he rode out of it cleanly. Go back and watch closely; even most of his turns are questionable. I prefer to watch clips where I see someone sticking something- not some smoke ‘n mirrors edit. I mean, a few sprinkled in here and there is fine but this is outta hand.
you’d like skateboarding clips
‘Sho do!! Not trying to pick on Dion (even though he is a wanker), but…naw maybe I did just feel like pickin’ on Dion!!
I’ve never understood why every time this guy’s name is printed, they mention that he likes to live in big cities. WHO FVCKING CARES WHERE THIS STINKBUG LIVES?!?!
they’re just trying to remind us that he does actually have fans and explain why we don’t know any of them personally
you’re busily avoiding the only fucken real surf film clip of 2016 so far, Russell Bierke’s “Berserke”. Strangely free of pseudo-psychological complexity, B/W art, or weird and unnecessary violence. Saturated with actual surfing. You remember that right? Where someone catches waves and makes something of it?
I fucking love it. I will never be ashamed.
Epic some fucking sick turns and good airs – my favourite after Chapter 11 easily
if only it wasn’t for all the crap he’s done in the past…
Ban Ozzie Wright. So over him
Fuck you and your mundane name Ben Collins. 156 tricks for life mother fucker!
Still nothing on here about Logan duliens latest insta post of him and Bruce tweaking out on coke? You guys are getting lazy.
If a video surfaced of Bruce demonstrating an ability to form coherent thoughts and express them in a clear and concise manner, that would be newsworthy. Bruce being coked out is just sadly predictable. Who knows though, maybe it will help him actually make it out of round 2, because that joint sure as shit didn’t do him any favors last year.
yeah although this time the video shows him blatantly rubbing his coke nose.
what, you got kids in the NSSA or something?
Try look bra, the boys don’t do drugs.
Confusing slow mo and black and white film for art, shit music for taste, and middle fingers for rebellion, this sucked. Fuck you, Chas. You’re right, I am an asshole.