Last night, I went to the PPOW Gallery to see a screening of Michael Kimball and Luca Dipierro’s I Will Smash You, a film consisting of short scenes of people smashing objects (or, in one case, smashing a concept) for assorted reasons. In most cases, the smashing functioned for the person performing it on both a philosophical and a physical level. Some were hilarious, others were bittersweet; I will admit that the record nerd in me nearly cried when one of the objects to be dispatched was revealed to be Hüsker Dü’s Zen Arcade, on double LP. What worked nicely was Dipierro and Kimball’s ability to capture moments of contemplation just after people’s objects were destroyed; the looks, somewhere between relief and contemplation, were what stood out the most for me.

Also, a lot of things get smashed. Including a paper-mache head. Full of fake blood.

Also screened were excerpts from the pair’s next film, 60 Writers / 60 Places, which looks to feature both neatly composed shots and writers occasionally unnerving nearby people with their prose.