Motion Theory's Beck Video John Bryant's Oh My God

June 28, 2005 High Res It's time for a new resolution. RES for short. Get yourself to Hollywood tonight for a traveling collection of short films known as the RES Screening Series. Itty-bitty films. Some the length of a commercial. Many the length of a music video. (Several ARE music videos.) Some, like John Bryant's Oh My God, as long as ten minutes. Get a close-up of an innovative Beck video from Motion Theory. Cut to a mini-retrospective of UK-based motion-graphics house NE-O. Don't wait until the last minute to jump in line. Res may strike you as a fringe event but it draws a crowd. Are the shorts worth the wait? Well, that depends on what criteria you assess them by. Many are too experimental to be judged on the same basis as, say, the Oscars. Take them instead as little works of art: Out there — but also mind expanding. Plus, short means that if you hate any particular one, it will be over in a jiffy anyway. The fun doesn't end when the lights go up and you unstick your shoes from the theater floor. Get into the heads of the filmmakers with a little Q & A following the show. Then cutaway to Geisha House, for DJ-driven post-screening revelry. Cue dancers! RES Screening Series 8:00 PM Tonight Egyptian Theatre. 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood Tickets are available at TickeWeb. $10