Thom Yorke brings Tall Tales to cinemas for one night only

Tall Tales is “a collaborative visual and audio cinema experience a decade in the making”

Tall Tales the film almost flew under my radar, tbh. A collaboration between English record producer Mark Pritchard, Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and visual artist Jonathan Zawada, it’s being released to coincide with the album of the same name, which drops on May 9.

Presented in collaboration with Warp Records, it’s “…a fairy tale for the modern world; depicting rising tides, kings & queens, amazon logistics and robotic arms under iridescent skies. Like all good fairy tales – this work edges light with the dark as Thom’s echoed chants intertwine with Mark’s shimmering electronics on top of Jonathan’s hyperreal environments.” as the press release helpfully tells us.

Which means it’s a music video, more or less. A long one, mind you. We seem to be getting a lot of these lately. Beyoncé’s done so many they’ve started appending her name to them like John Carpenter: Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé. J-Lo managed to fang one out in that brief window when she was married to Ben Affleck. And now it’s Yorke’s turn, although Tall Tales certainly had a longer production timeframe than This Is Me… Now: A Love Story.

Let’s check out the trailer.

Well, it doesn’t really clarify anything, really, but the visuals are cool. Real Koyaanisqatsi vibes in places.

If you’re in Australia, you’ve got a fairly narrow window to check this one out. Tall Tales is getting an extremely limited from May 8, with screenings currently penciled in as follows:

NSW

Cremorne Orpheum

Dendy Newtown

Hoyts Broadway

Mount Vic Flicks

Palace Byron Bay

Palace Moore Park

Randwick Ritz

VICTORIA

ACMI (Q&A on May 8 + May 10)

Cameo Belgrave

Cinema Nova

Classic Elsternwick

Lido Hawthorn

Palace Astor

Palace Pentridge

Palace Regent Cinema Ballarat

Sun Yarraville

ACT

Dendy Canberra

QUEENSLAND

Dendy Coorparoo

Palace James St

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Hoyts Carousel

Luna Leederville (May 8 & 9)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Palace Nova Eastend

TASMANIA

TASMANIA – Star Theatre Launceston (16 May)

TASMANIA – State Hobart

Victoria seems to be getting the bulk of the action, which makes sense – if ever a city was likely to have an excess of Radiohead fans, it’s Melbourne. The Northern Territory is missing out, but if ever a city had a dearth of Radiohead fans, it’s Darwin. Everyone else – you might want to get in quick.