Kanye Debuts Cruel Summer Film

Thursday, May 24 2012 11:21 AM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Kanye premiered his short film, Cruel Summer during the Cannes Film Festival last night. The half hour flick was projected on 7 screens inside a white pyramid tent with guests including Jay-Z and a few of members of  G.O.O.D. Music. The film shot in Qatar, is now open to the public in Cannes until May 25.

The Guardian breaks down the story line:

Made in association with the Doha Film Institute, Cruel Summer stars West’s GOOD Music protege Kid Cudi as a bloke of bad stock. Dad was a car thief – Kid’s desperate not to follow in his footsteps, so instead he walks through a sparkly purple door into the middle of the desert. Men on horseback arrest him. He’s taken to a palace full of fruit. A blind girl plucks a giant guitar string. Cudi’s wrapped in bandages. A hawk flies. In, ultra, slow, motion. Cudi resolves to cure his love of her blindness. The cure for blindness is a remix of a song by Coldplay.

 During the screening, Kanye spoke on the film’s vision:

“It related to a post-Steve Jobs, post-Windows era, where we’re always on our BlackBerry in a ball game or at the movies. I was very particular about having the screens separate, where your mind puts the screens back together, the way you put memories together. I’m not the best director in the world, but I had an idea that I thought would be amazing to inspire people, like a dream of one day this being the way people watch movies. You know, [Quentin] Tarantino doing a movie like this or a horror movie like this, animation, 3-D … in this form that surrounds you. People want to go back and see it more and more because they missed something to their left or to their right, and it feels more like the experience of life.”

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Comments (25)

  1. Batman says:

    Kanye Dont Care About Pusha T’s Irrelevant Music Right Now, All He Cares About Making Money, And Plowing Kim’s Ass.!

  2. Maybach "O" (getting o's all day) says:

    kim puss must be made of money cuz you can see it on kanye’s face

  3. Ocean Frank says:

    lolol that film synopsis cracked me the fuck up

  4. XL says:

    “Made in association with the Doha Film Institute, Cruel Summer stars West’s GOOD Music protege Kid Cudi as a bloke of bad stock. Dad was a car thief – Kid’s desperate not to follow in his footsteps, so instead he walks through a sparkly purple door into the middle of the desert. Men on horseback arrest him. He’s taken to a palace full of fruit. A blind girl plucks a giant guitar string. Cudi’s wrapped in bandages. A hawk flies. In, ultra, slow, motion. Cudi resolves to cure his love of her blindness. The cure for blindness is a remix of a song by Coldplay.”

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  5. Kunta Kente says:

    Ye trying way too hard!

  6. Word says:

    Im sure you guys will praise him dearly for it, and label him a genius and the best artist of our time, all without even seeing the film yet. You already have your minds made up.

  7. The Association of Chronos says:

    “Cudi’s wrapped in bandages. A hawk flies. In, ultra, slow, motion. Cudi resolves to cure his love of her blindness. The cure for blindness is a remix of a song by Coldplay.”

    Ummm.I mean, in Kanye’s defense, if you were to READ the concept behind “Runaway” before looking at it you might have the same reaction but, look how that turned it. It was dope so, I’ll wait until it comes out before I crack a joke or two an end up looking crazy when/if it turns out as good as “Runaway”…

  8. The Association of Chronos says:

    Typo “Look how that turned *Out*”…

  9. Zap says:

    Now THAT’s a “You Played Yourself”! This nigga filmed some REALLY random bullshit and called it a movie, failed to get into Cannes, then pitched a tent on the pier and threw his own damn self a party and acted like it was a part of the festival! Damn Yeezy, that ego is a HUGE bitch!

  10. Dr. Dre's Ass says:

    I Smell Pussy

    Is That You K ?

  11. MUZZYG says:

    @The Association of Chronos I AGREE WID YOU MY BROTHER.. AND DESPITE ALL THINGS I TRULY ADMIRE KANYE’S AMBITION, HE IS INTO TRYN OUT ALOT OF THINGS AND ONE CAN NEVER TRY TO HARD IF THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL BACKING AND DRIVE THAT HE HAS..SO I SALUTE THIS MOVE..

  12. calamitycal says:

    The movie sounds aweful. I have written novels and working on a movie script; movie that actually are comprehensive and full length. People say Kanye’s hood and stuff, his mom was a doctor and college professor. All that happened was she bought him some music equipment at a young age and he was able to make some beats and get familiar with the tools he had. Then he got his way paid to a private art school. Kanye’s not as talented as you think, he can make some beats and that came from a lifetime of having resources and everything needed to play (and not having to concern with contacts or means for survival). He’s not entitled to as much credit as he gets. Nothing about his story plot should be seen as competent; absolutely a novice film, regardless of the visual experience.

  13. Catcher Freeman says:

    @calamitycal who the fuck says kayne is hood. Didn’t he grow up in china at one point, lol. People love him cuz he’ s beast in the studio and also he still relevant.

  14. Your mother's "friend" says:

    ^

    Get of the mans dick, he paid his dues. Maybe if you got off your ass & stopped analyzing other niggas lives you’d get somewhere with your writing , stop whining & get on your job

  15. Carlito says:

    thats was the worst description possible. but i have nothing but respect for kanye for always wanting to take it further and further.

    “told you muhfuckas it was more than the music”

  16. calamitycal says:

    That was my opinion, and I’ve heard people say he was hood like radio personalities. Yeah you’re right. Good that Kanye’s doing something and staying diverse. Can’t argue with your redirections.

  17. calamitycal says:

    Hey, I can’t knock Kanye, he’s doing great stuff, I guess what I was wanting to emphasize was that he has mastered technology he had, like beat machines; hes really great today. Can’t be mad at him for his moms success, he’s building a strong legacy by himself.

  18. The Riddler says:

    @Zap said the truth, LMAO!!

  19. mac DIESEL says:

    IT’S GONNA BE CRUEL SUMMER FOR REAL!!!! YA’LL NIGGAS BETTER TUCK YA SHIT IN AND RUN!!!!

    ………HA!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  20. [...] Footage of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian arriving on the red carpet at Cannes for the premiere of his short film, Cruel Summer, which is inspired the upcoming G.O.O.D. Music compilation album. props: rr [...]

  21. TheCool says:

    Smh at people saying the film is wack. There ARE FILM GENRES outside of brainless-the-president-is-gonna-get-killed-we-gotta-save-him action movies. Yu ever seen an Arthouse film? Prolly not. And even if yu did, yu’d prolly say “it’s a bunch of random shit”.

    That’s like saying Salvador Dali paintings are a “bunch of a random shit” just cuz you’re simple minded and don’t understand what the artist saw in the picture.

    And yeh^^ I agree. If someone woulda described “Runaway” in a paragraph it woulda sounded just as crazy. Look how good it turned out. Just becuz no-one else in Hip Hop tries to be different, doesn’t mean Kanye is trying “to hard”.

  22. Yoga says:

    I respect Ye and what he has done but at the end of the day he’ll be remembered as the guy who jumped out the box and made them pop songs and shit, creativity my ass and fck fashion! And that “talking ’bout clothes line” damn man get yer gay-ass outta here.

  23. [...] you know there will always be an afterparty. Following the premier of Kanye’s new film, Cruel Summer his G.O.O.D. Music familia headed over to Club Gotha in Cannes where some performances went down [...]

  24. Crank says:

    “And yeh^^ I agree. If someone woulda described “Runaway” in a paragraph it woulda sounded just as crazy. Look how good it turned out.”

    But… Runaway was like, all-time epically bad.

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