Sound & Fury

I love the idea of Netflix pouring money into an album and an artist to make an Anime-music-album-movie I really do. I really liked the first 15 minutes, with the samurai character, but dance sequence with all the other 'slaves' pulled me completely out of the story, even more so when it became live action.

It should have been ONE good story, no dialogue but some sound would have brought the whole thing alive.

I gave it a 7 only because I believe that this format could become a good medium that brings back music-videos back to their former glory.

Watch it for the first 15 minutes, then you can go on to something else. But, as entertainment it's very niche.

A fascinating experiment. The combination of animated work from different artists, different but cohesive images of a post apocalyptic world, subtle and artful homages, and a non-linear yet clear and satisfying story. I can't think of a better way to accompany a concept album visually.

It's a crazy feast for the eyes and ears. I was blown away for the whole show. The music is like grunge country blues and the animation is mesmerizing.

Japanese Anime + scuzzy rock music by Sturgill. Love the idea behind this and the visuals are great and vary from song to song. Basically a 40 minute music video. Does kinda feel like the animation doesn't coincide with the music but still very entertaining and the art direction is on point. Think the Black Keys scoring a samurai western apocalypse short film.

For starters I had never really heard of Sturgill Simpson nor his music. What an introduction! The feel of this definitely a callback to Heavy Metal. It seemed a little hard to follow until the end. Once you've finished it it all fits together. I've since watched it several times since the first and it doesn't get boring. There is so much going on i find new things I missed.