Osbert Parker has been one of the UK’s prize jewels. His two famous short films, Film Noir and Yours Truly have won awards across the world due to his innovative collage and stop-motion techniques reminscent of Widrich’s 2003 hit Fast Film (a film deserving to be featured itself). This mixture of styles brings him attention, but it is his dark, hardboiled plots, which borrow liberally both the atmosphere and the characters of famous film noir’s past, which has made the films beloved.
Yet until now Parker’s films have not been online, nor available on DVD. Vimeo is housing a copy of Your Truly currently though, albeit with Spanish subtitles. Watch it immediately, who knows how long it will be around!