One mashup artist who did get to see his trailer mashup go that far, but whom I managed to track down to West Springfield, Massachusetts, is Mike Hindes, a 29-year-old part-time film editor, part-time construction worker. A couple of months ago, Hindes made Toy Story 2 Requiem — the children’s animation crossed with Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream, arguably one of the darkest films in cinema history. The results are extraordinary: a profound and disturbing virtuoso piece, Woody and Jessie taking on an emotional depth beyond even the most perverted secret night sweats of a renegade Pixar employee.

Hindes says he made the film over six days. At first, it was going to be funny but as the animated footage became cloaked in an increasingly sad and bleak counter-meaning, he decided to push it as far as it would go. Hindes even reanimated sections to sync better with the dialogue. A friend persuaded him to tag it with an e-mail address, and the res- ponse has been phenomenal...


Here it is on Break.com
Here it is on YouTube

If you have any questions or comments
contact me at hindes@gmail.com