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The Wheel of Torment (2006)

Directed by Rodney Ascher, Syd Garon, Eric Henry

Animation | Music | Short

Overview

A perfect little nightmare, WHEEL OF TORMENT takes several dizzying turns around Hieronymus Bosch’s epic pageants of violence set to Buckethead’s spastic music.

Length 3 minutes

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
01/16/2025ComputerStreamingVideo on Demand7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Look, I’ll watch any short film / music video set to the music of Buckethead (still my greatest Halloween costume ever!) that uses Hieronymus Bosch imagery.

From director: “So Buckethead has someone send me some mp3’s of his new album without any comment or album art. I am struck by the “Spokes” track and I instantly visualize animated Hieronymus Bosch in my head. I scan a few of his paintings in and make a 15 second test animation. A week or so later I drive to Buckethead’s secret headquarters and play him the test. He freaks out and takes me into his recording area, right there on the wall is a huge Hieronymus Bosch poster. Buckethead had been imagining the painting coming to life when he wrote the song. This was one of the most effortless things I have ever done, it felt like it was meant to be.”

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