Jonze Jonesing for Jones and Tintori

Wearing the same producer’s hat we wore in help bringing Synecdoche, New York to life, Spike Jonze who recently blogged about his appreciation for a certain commercials, music vids and short film director (Jettison Your Loved Ones and Death to the Tinman) and has put one and one together (or perhaps we should say a first and first together). Variety reports that Jonze has attached the talented Ray Tintori to make his feature film debut based on Shane Jones’ debut novel.

Light Boxes is about a mysterious town that endures a long, deadly 1,000-day winter. Told in short bursts, the story concerns the war the townspeople bring against February, an oddly real and powerful character.

Here are Tintori’s shorts, which should draw comparisons to the work of Winnipeg resident Guy Maddin.