The mere fact that The Tracey Fragments isn't out in American theaters or on DVD shouldn't stop you from watching it. Or, say, stop you from downloading it, taking it apart, and then reconstructing it into a new form. Director Bruce McDonald has uploaded the raw footage of The Tracey Fragments onto the movie website and challenges all amateur editors and mash-up artists to submit their own version of the stylistically bold indie.

Starring Ellen Page as Tracey Berkowitz exploring the city in search of her missing brother, The Tracey Fragments is essentially a moving Mondrian painting, with the screen cut up into small frames that capture the scene from a multitude of angles. So, in other words, it's like a comic book come to life. Or maybe a pop-art, teen angsty episode of 24.
 

 

Naturally, a shoot like that will produce plenty of spare footage. The Tracey Fragments website hosts this footage into four separate 4.5 gig torrents (click on the "Re-Fragmented" link).  There, you can find contest rules and how to submit your disjointed masterpiece. The site also promises a link to the soundtrack by Broken Social Scene, but that's not yet available for download.

Even if you're not planning on entering the contest, this is a fascinating cinematic experiment. And, hey, your external hard drive could use the company.