Steamboat Willie enters the public domain and immediately becomes cursed. Obviously.
The short is presented as a long-lost documentary from 1928, one that details the disappearance of a commercial steamship, The S.S. Willie.
Direction
Nick Lives weaponizes 1920s aesthetics into genuine unease.
Production
Period-perfect documentary fakery that feels illegally authentic.
Director
Nick Lives
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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