Brian Billow directs love poem to classic KISS rock band ballad ‘Beth’ via Anonymous Content
Director Brian Billow via Anonymous Content and creative director Bob Winter, has parodied legendary band KISS in a new short film based on the KISS Gold-selling ballad Beth from their 1976 album Destroyer.
In the original song Beth, viewers only hear Peter Criss’ side of a phone conversation–he pleads to stay and record with the band rather than come home to Beth. Now, for the first time ever, we hear Beth’s side of the story. Hers is the epic tale of a woman trying to run a family in the midst of a rock and roll lifestyle.
The dry humor works off the basis that 100 percent of the Peter Criss character’s dialogue is true to the song’s lyrics.
Says Billow: “Bob and I both view this film as a visual love poem to our heroes: KISS.”
Director: Brian Billow
Production Co.: Anonymous Content
Sr. Exec Producer: Eric Stern
Exec Producer/Production: SueEllen Clair
Producer: Paul Ure
Writer: Bob Winter
DP: Darran Tiernan
Editor: John Dingfield/Beast Editorial
Actors:
Beth: Lilli Birdsell
Peter: Steven Olson
Kid #1: Michael Hamilton
Kid #2: Robert Hamilton
Ace: Roy Green
Paul: Alec Paul Cartinian
Gene: Rocco Fonzarelli
Roadie: Jason Lee Beckwith
Performer Beth Piano Intro: Coleman Zurkowski
2 Comments
Brilliant. Classic reinterpretation of a song that I always thought was about Peter Criss blagging an excuse so that he could spend the night out with the boys snorting coke off strippers tits.
This is as good as any self-indulgent false advertising. Utterly redundant.