"The Metal Sweater"

20 December 2023

2 mins

Dreaming of a goth Christmas.

How can you fold Christmas traditions into a perspective that is as unChristmassy as heavy metal music? The answer to this question is provided by this splendid film from Uncommon and Anonymous Content director Elena Petitti di Roreto. It takes us through the various steps required to make a heavy metal jumper for the festive season.

It's topped and tailed by the best scenes, as first we learn about the angry sheep... with cinematographer Krzysztof Trojnar getting hyperactive to suggest ovine fury and sparing the budget from too much expensive VFX. The punchline is provided by the wearer of the diabolically manufactured Christmas jumper, and the domestic idyll in which she appears.

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