Hahaha. The people at Nokia were prolly all, "Gary, make a film with our phone and we'll pay you scads of money for it." Then Oldman was all, "Sure thing." Then he filmed the bottom of his pool for two minutes. xD
This guy has been in more movies than any actor could hope for. He's up there with Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, and Christian Bale as far as versatility... And as far as film-making, well... have you seen this^^?
Gary: Nokia gave me this phone for free but I have to film something with it. Other: What are you going to film? You're not filming me! Gary: I've had it a month, they keep phoning me, I have to give them something or they'll want the phone back. Other: That sucks. Film the pool. Gary: I can't film the pool. It's boring. Other: They'll think you're being arty. Gary: They'll think I'm taking the piss. LATER THAT DAY Other: What are you doing? Gary: I'm filming the pool.
Seriously, though, if someone told you you could make a shitload of money for doing basically nothing, wouldn't you say "Hey sure!" I would haha. I don't blame him. It doesn't detract from his talent.
Ironic I think that he made this movie to demonstrate the superior quality of Nokia image recording and yet in You tube where most people will see it - it was all pixelated and crappy. agree also about the hungry and peeing...... ;-)
Or maybe you're thinking into it too much. Like Andy Warhol, critics would make all sorts of interpretations of his art but he simply painted what he felt like making.
That was very odd....Something tells me he saw something interesting in his pool...people who are that talented tend to get inspiration from just about anything....
WTF!!! The guy just wanted to cash the big paycheck from Nokia! He's like: "D'uh... I wanna get the money but I don't want to get my ass up from this chair by my 50k $ pool. I'll just shoot some sh*t for 2 mins and put in some sweet music". Watch "Senza Titolo"! A REAL short movie shot with a Nokia. With no sponsor. Thanks. PS I do love Gary Oldman, but this time he really dissapointed me.