Short Film Reimagining INXS Classics To Premiere Via Streaming Service This Weekend

A short film featuring a soundtrack of reinterpreted INXS songs will premiere this weekend.

A reimagining of Dante Alighieri's Inferno, Original Sin - The Seven Sins will make its debut tomorrow, July 17, at 9am AEST via streaming platform Veeps, where it will be hosted exclusively for 48 hours.

Starring Autumn Miller and Trevor Jackson, the short film “is a modern-day love story about a broken-hearted heroine and her journey through the seven sins and the quest towards the virtue of hope” and its soundtrack (out now) features 13 songs including Never Tear Us Apart, Mystify, Don't Change, New Sensation and more.

Original Sin was one of the final projects that INXS manager Chris Murphy was working on before he passed away earlier this year.

“I was so honoured to be asked by the legendary Chris Murphy to explore telling a story through INXS music, but was also overwhelmed with how to start because it is such an iconic and incredible catalogue," director Amy Tinkham said.

"So instead, I sat with the music for many, many weeks and let it tell me a story. It was an out-of-body experience actually because it feels more like the songs and the times we are living in, wrote this film than anything I consciously tried to do."

Kirk Pengilly of INXS added: "We are honoured that our music inspired such a beautiful and innovative short film. 

“INXS has always explored the marriage of our music with visuals, and we welcome the reimagined versions of our songs performed by a roster of contemporary and up-and-coming global artists. 

“These versions of our songs are a perfect accompaniment to the film. 

“Knowing that Original Sin was Chris Murphy's last passion project makes it even that much more impactful. We are deeply grateful that we are now able to share Amy's emotive and thought-provoking short film with our audience. Play it loud.”

Check out the trailer for Original Sin below and head to the Veeps website for more details on its premiere.