Music video director Hype Williams has made only one feature film in his career — 1998's Belly. We wish he'd done more.
The Big Picture The history of one and done directors in cinema is an interesting one. It's rare to see someone with something that people wanted more of to never sit in the director's chair again. Famously, actor Charles Laughton directed 1955's Night of the Hunter, perhaps one of the most influential films of its time, and never directed another film.
Hype Williams Honed His Craft in Music Videos Williams made his name as a music video director, directing some of the most iconic rap videos of the 1990s. This pathway is actually quite common for feature film directors. Spike Jonze, David Fincher, Michel Gondry, and Jonathan Glazer are all incredibly acclaimed, award-winning filmmakers who started out making music videos. The similarities between Williams, Jonze, and Gondry are actually quite interesting.
Williams' 'Belly' Expands on the Crime Genre Williams' scope moves beyond the trappings of the genre, and into the bigger picture. His choice to center the drug dealing narrative around a more rural area like Nebraska, for example, is a bold move for the time, while most films centered around addiction and the drug trade still focused on the inner city.
Belly is a fascinating, but flawed film. The performances are at times fantastic, full of energy, but sometimes fall flat as well. That is the double-edged sword of casting non-actors in your film. The plot is thematically dense, but lacks structure. The imagery is otherworldly, but at times distracting. But for Williams to never direct another feature after this one is just insane to think about.
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