Watch Cruel Summer (2012) Free Online

Release Date: 2012

Cast: Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Teyana, Ali Suliman, Aziz Ansari

Categories: Movies, Short Film

Cruel Summer is a short film by American musician Kanye West. It premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2012, and was shown out of competition. A custom pyramid-shaped screening pavilion was constructed for the film's debut, designed by conceptual firms DONDA, OMA and 2x4. The theater featured seven screens - three in the front, one on the floor, one on the ceiling and one on...  MORE

Cruel Summer is a short film by American musician Kanye West. It premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2012, and was shown out of competition. A custom pyramid-shaped screening pavilion was constructed for the film's debut, designed by conceptual firms DONDA, OMA and 2x4. The theater featured seven screens - three in the front, one on the floor, one on the ceiling and one on both the right and left side of the space. Cruel Summer was shot using a specialized camera rig, which allowed the directors to capture multiple angles simultaneously. This style of filming and screening a movie has since become known as the "Seven Screen Experience", an application which is the brainchild of Kanye West. The film is inspired by the album of the same name by West's record label GOOD Music. It has been described as a "fusion of short film and art", with the LA Times raving Cruel Summer has a "thumping surround-sound quality that makes a 3-D Michael Bay effort feel like an iPad short." LESS