Chris Cunningham is the imaginative madman behind such videos as "Rubber Johnny" and "All is Full of Love", and, in my opinion, he's one of the finest filmmakers and artists currently working. "Come to Daddy" is among his many collaborations with Aphex Twin, whose music matches the deranged and creative genius of Cunningham's limitless mind perfectly. It's a quick, intense film; one that is only six minutes in length but still attains the scope of a mega million dollar three hour Hollywood epic while also being original and surprisingly (or not so surprisingly if you're familiar enough with Cunningham's work) scary. Some of the visuals here will stick with me for the rest of my life, and I don't mind that at all! It's good to be creeped out every now and then, and it's even better if you enjoy it! And, by God, this is the kind of demented, violent, anarchic, insane, absurd, and surrealistic film that I enjoy!
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Disturbing if not nightmare inducing video
Tornado_Sam17 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
If I'm going to be honest, I've never been a real fan of Aphex Twin's music. Most of it to me feels rather generic and overtly hi-tech to really merit any actual catchy-ness or originality that I would look for; however, if Chris Cunningham's visuals are attached to it, that's another story. From my past experience, Cunningham's "Rubber Johnny" is already rather disconcerting and unsettling, but seeing "Come to Daddy" was a whole other thing. Granted, this isn't quite the level of nightmare-inducing material I was expecting after being told for quite some time it was too much for me to handle, but it is fairly disturbing and frightening enough to scare plenty of people, and certainly to the extent that it caused quite a stir when first released.
In a word, this film is about a broken TV which, if urinated on by a dog, will come to life with a creepy distorted face that summons delinquent children who all have the face of Aphex Twin who proceed to torture people by parading around with the TV. That's exactly the sort of thing you would visualize in a nightmare, thus making it entirely unsurprising that Chris Cunningham is the man behind it. He's certainly a brilliant visual artist who knows how to make Aphex Twin's music come to life even though, admittedly, I came for his surrealistic take on it instead of the song itself. Nonetheless a great short, particularly if you're into surrealism or just want to try and scare yourself every now and then.
In a word, this film is about a broken TV which, if urinated on by a dog, will come to life with a creepy distorted face that summons delinquent children who all have the face of Aphex Twin who proceed to torture people by parading around with the TV. That's exactly the sort of thing you would visualize in a nightmare, thus making it entirely unsurprising that Chris Cunningham is the man behind it. He's certainly a brilliant visual artist who knows how to make Aphex Twin's music come to life even though, admittedly, I came for his surrealistic take on it instead of the song itself. Nonetheless a great short, particularly if you're into surrealism or just want to try and scare yourself every now and then.
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