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Children’s Reenactment of Scarface

August — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:23:34 +0000

I remember doing Where the Wild Things Are in kindergarten.

Pretty Cool.

August — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:56:26 +0000

I like how they call it a “neon video game“. I have a hunch they wanted to avoid a cease & desist from the Tetris Company, LLC (or perhaps already got one?). Pretty cool, though:

“Relax”

August — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:43:14 +0000

Relax. Directed by Casey Chan. Lyrics by Wax. Music by EOM.

Always Be Closing

August — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:15:44 +0000

Mystery Team Trailer

August — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:04:36 +0000

From Derrick Comedy (nsfw language):

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Gathering of the Juggalos 2009: Video from Derek Erdman

August — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:56:13 +0000

Aaaaand the equally depressing video, also from Derek Erdman:

“She’s Got Me Dancing” by Tommy Sparks

August — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:31:28 +0000

“Embedding disabled by request.” Oh, my.

Well, click here to see the video “She’s Got Me Dancing” by Tommy Sparks.

What’s the score here?

August — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:10:44 +0000

What’s next?

Stars Over Chile

August — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:37:07 +0000

Night timelapse movie showing successively a Moonbow (=’rainbow’ from Moon light) and a classical rainbow and their motion with time as Moon and Sun change their position in the sky. Video made in Torres del Paine national park, Patagonia, Chile. Time lapse by Stéphane Guisard (www.astrosurf.com/sguisard).

Advanced Beauty

August — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:50:49 +0000

Advanced Beauty is an ongoing exploration of digital artworks born and influenced by sound, an ever-growing collaboration between programmers, artists, musicians, animators and architects.

The first collection is a series of audio-reactive ‘video sound sculptures’. Inspired by synasthesia, the rare, sensory experience of seeing sound or tasting colours, these videos are physical manifestations of sound, sculpted by volume, pitch or structure of the soundtrack.

Check it out.

12 Glowing Men

August — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:53:56 +0000

Click.

Oliver Stone’s “W.”

August — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:59:28 +0000

Teaser trailer for the upcoming W. is out. I, for one, am interested in seeing how Oliver Stone handles a topic as broad as George W. Bush. The current trailer’s emphasis is on his immature, party-loving nature. I guess we’ll see where it goes from there. Also worth checking out is this great mock-up poster for the same film, complete with all our favorite quotations. It appears in IMDb’s image gallery, but I’m not sure if it’s official or not.

PS: Watch the trailer while you still can; it’s already been pulled from YouTube by Lionsgate.

Children’s-Film Sequels

August — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:37:17 +0000

…As Imagined by Famous Directors.

Suddenly the sky goes very dark, the Kung Fu Panda feels his pulse quicken, and “Embraceable You” plays in the background. The Kung Fu Panda dreams that he makes love to Girl Panda. She asks him to hit her and he does, raising his paw against the numbing ignorance of values-centric Middle America.

Art

August — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:40:29 +0000

A couple weeks ago, while surfing the net for porn (or, as a friend from work likes to call it, “art”), I accidentally clicked over to a video clip of a kill scene from the critically acclaimed 2002 masterpiece Jason X. [Spoiler warning?] The scene shows a female mortician donning a blue knit crop top—medical scrubs of the future, obviously—as she examines a supine Jason. (If you’re out of the loop, we’re talking about the serial-killer Jason from the Friday the 13th series of movies.) Needless to say, Jason wakes up, drags the pretty lady to a vat of something very cold (liquid nitrogen à la Mighty Ducks 3?), freezes her face, and then shatters it against the examining table. Hooray! That’s all I have to say. In the end, she’s a skull full of delicious raspberry sorbet.

If you’re interested—and why wouldn’t you be?—you can watch the same clip here.

My appetite whet, I was moved to rent and watch the movie in its entirety. Now, I know I’m a little late in the game here, but doing so was definitely a good decision, for in Jason X I discovered a new and much more rewarding “art.” I don’t know if it was the sheer realism and humanity of the whole thing, or simply the subtle ways in which the film sheds light on the human condition. Or maybe it was just the medical scrubs. But either way, Jason X is an exceptional film, one not to be missed. If you don’t believe me, just read the reviews.

If you haven’t already, I strongly encourage you to see Jason X. No more spoilers from me. Well, okay, just one more detail: The first actor billed in the opening credits is someone named Lexa Doig. How sweet is that? A name like that should be reason enough to see the movie.

Highly recommended.

PS: Apologies for starting off on such an uncouth note. I promise the next post will be much classier.