WA Police Are Cracking Down on Graffiti and They Made a Bizarre Art Film to Tell You About It

There have been watershed moments throughout the history of cinema.

Nineteenth century folk fled the screening of L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat, thinking the train on the screen was literally coming right for them. Orson Welles’ redefined cinematography with Citizen Kane. And Avatar broke new ground in viewer-immersion with its 3D innovations.

Now comes the latest milestone in filmic achievement: this 42-second anti-graffiti advertorial from WA Police. Behold its avant-garde beauty. Note its total disregard for naturalistic acting and sound editing!

what the hell is this from the WA Police pic.twitter.com/C6vMWUub6j

— brad esposito (@braddybb) November 6, 2017

The clip—which, as of this writing, has changed the lives of 65,000 viewers on FB—shows a young couple enjoying a charming date in Perth’s Leederville district, beginning with a stroll through the shops, leading to a screening of the vicious Aussie horror flick Killing Ground and culminating with a coffee.

The girl asks what the “special occasion” is, and the guy informs her that he received a reward for reporting some low-life thugs who were tagging the local bus-stop. Smash cut to the most threatening criminals you’ve ever seen. To see them is to see the true face of evil.

Unfortunately, not all viewers are fans of the video (which is intended to promote WA Police’s ‘Goodbye Graffiti’ website.)

Clearly, they are not familiar with the surrealist work of Luis Buñuel or Tommy Wiseau, and their pioneering work in challenging audiences by defying the rules and convention of ‘cinema’. I for one would like to salute WA Police on their continued pushing of the envelope.

Photo: Facebook.com/WA.Police