The Snell Show

Infobox_Film
name = The Snell Show

---

|70px
director = Andrew Black
producer = Anne K. Black, Kynan Griffin, Jennifer Kirkham
writer = Darl Larsen(story), Andrew Black (screenplay)
starring = Jason McCloney, Joanna Major
distributor = Camera 40 Productions
released = 2003
runtime = 8 min.
language = English
imdb_id = 358702
awards = Grand Jury Prize, 2003 Slamdance Film Festival
budget = $5,000

The Snell Show is an award-winning short film by Scottish-born director, Andrew Black. The film is a black comedy featuring a nuclear explosion at a family get-together.

The film has multiple levels of meaning. It can be taken as a straightforward satire on nuclear weapons and the Cold War or a commentary on how commonplace and mundane technology has become in our lives. Says director Black: "Both of these were in my mind as I wrote the screenplay — and then 9/11 happened. The world was inundated with visions of collapsing skyscrapers and burning wreckage — and we couldn’t stop watching. For me, the film became more about our fascination with violence and how it is frequently presented as a form of spectacle and entertainment through the media.'

Author of the short story, Darl Larsen, adds: "The genre that might be called "nuclear fiction" has always fascinated me, especially the often-banal way we tend to treat the most destructive force in our possession and "The Snell Show" seemed a fitting tribute to such ambivalence".

After winning the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Slamdance Film Festival, "The Snell Show" went on to play many festivals across the nation, including the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival, Maryland Film Festival, AFI Film Festival, and Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival.

External links

*imdb title|id=0366920|title=The Snell Show
* [http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/snellshow.htm "The Snell Show" Short Story by Darl Larsen]

References

* [http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/41740 "Two Y film students win top prize at Slamdance"] . "BYU NewsNet". Accessed on January 27, 2003.
* [http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=667 "Interview with director Andrew Black"] . "eFilmCritic". Interview conducted January 3, 2003