If you haven't already heard, The Artic Monkeys have been making waves. Their fast-paced punk sound and their sassy, ironic hipster style has been getting them a lot of notice. Not bad for four guys who look like they haven't even hit puberty. Not only have they been called "the next Beatles," but one of their songs has even inspired a series of short films.

Scummy Man is a short inspired by the song "When The Sun Goes Down." It shows the lives of young people who live in the shadows of night and somehow always manage to be in society's emotional blind spot. Written by Paul Fraser, the film was shot on Super 16 MM by award-winning cinematographer Danny Cohen. Cohen's filmography includes Dead Man's Shoes, which I believe is coming out in the states this year.

It's hard to say what Scummy Man is about, but from the trailer and the Arctic Monkey's "When The Sun Goes Down" video, it seems to me that the short follows the life of a young unassuming prostitute, her pimp, (played by Stephen Graham, who played Tommy from Snatch) and a motley crew of other outcasts who only come out at night.

Scummy Man Trailer
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The Arctic Monkeys' "When The Sun Goes Down"
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