Fresh off a #1 box office extravaganza of Where the Wild Things Are, Spike Jonze seems to be running on all cylinders.

Want to see something really weird, hypnotic, and seemingly very close to reality?

The highly anticipated debut of Spike Jonze’s 11-minute short film has released online which answers a highly debated question: Does life imitate art?

“We Were Once a Fairytale” is loosely based around Kanye West’s “See You in My Nightmare” from 808′s and Heartbreak and stars the tortured soul himself.  There are too many instances to count in why you should really hate Kanye West. The most recent (and the most comical) was the Taylor Swift/VMA “Beyonce has the best video of all time” rant.  Since that moment, he has been in hiding. And for good reason.  The staggering similarities of this video and his recent drunken rant would make you believe this film was just created.  But life really did imitate art as it was filmed at the beginning of 2009.

“We Were Once a Fairytale” depicts a drunken, out of control West at a club.  He perfectly portrays a miserable and egotistical version of himself (not sure how tough that was), so out of control and obnoxious that no one can make eye contact with him.  And then you get to the bathroom scene. And, well, let’s just say Jonze/West might have predicted the eventual public anger towards West.  The scene gets real weird.  Weird as in puking rose petals, a demon rat, and a bowie knife. In this scene, Kanye is actually sympathetic, ridding himself of those inner demons that the public has seen all too often.

Spike Jonze can do no wrong. This is a brilliant film.

A special thanks to TrailerSpy for the video link.

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