Polcarstva
Polcarstva (Russian for “Half a Kingdom”) is a gorgeous piece of interactive art that comes from the amazing talents of Denis Stepkin and U Studio of Russia. Travel through a surrealist’s world, using standard point-and-click mechanics, and enjoy the music and scenery along the way.
Watch it. (Flash)
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X-Makina
The daily (or better, nightly) routine of an old man changes when he sneeze off his denture. The newly free teeth show him the way to a different universe. There, the poor man will be imprisoned and forced to some sort of torture peep show…
A short movie by Nicolas Diologent.
Watch it. (MPEG-4)
The Hearts of Age
Orson Welles‘ first short movie from 1934.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Tobias Stretch - Illuminant
One of the most visually striking films I have ever seen. Films are often described as dreamlike for a lack of words. Not the case with Illuminant which is certainly dreamlike. I don’t necessarily see my dreams in stop-motion but some of the imagery and feel of dreams would be impossible to recreate in another form.
Like dreams, some of the images from this film stick and others fade. Watching it again, I was once again surprised, reminded of why I loved it the first time. It begs to be seen over and over again. When the deer (?) drops the baby off, the camera movement following the deer and then back towards the wheelchair was beautiful. The snow, the face of the robot (?) and the glowing animal at the end are just tremendous. Everything screams originality here, the kind that comes from a deep creative force instead of a filmmaking sensibility.
Numb
A dark tale, set in an enchanted land, of a young girl named Sophie (Emma Bakke) who is beginning a new life with her mysterious uncle Algernon (Clayton Corzatte). She soon discovers her uncle’s infatuation for bizarre puppetry and spectacle.
Numb has been written and directed by Matt Daniels. Visual effects by Milk.
Watch it. (Quicktime)
The Fish Heads Fugue and Other Tales for Twilight
Through the device of a magic puppet theater, a small seer orchestrates a child’s journey deep into a multilayered world of the imagination.
A short film by Lauren Indovina and Lindsey Mayer-Beug.
Watch it. (MPEG-4)
The Running Man - by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
I miss this kind of animation. There is always a touch of madness. In this case, madness is everywhere. It is cathartic, like an excursion to all of potential rage possible within a being. Don’t miss this classic, a mix between sci-fi noir (Blade Runner-like) and Akira.
Kali
I was half-interested in what was going on and the other half on how awfully sexy it all was.
Watch it (same director as Put your hands up for Detroit)
Minotauromaquia (Pablo no labirinto)
Minotauromaquia is a Spanish stop motion by Juan Pablo Etcheverry, set to the music of Igor Stravinsky. It’s inspired by Pablo Picasso’s work and the Myth of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Jojo in the Stars
In the middle of some sort of wasteland stands an imposing, featureless building that rises forever into the sky. The building holds a nightly attraction, a freak show that draws crowds from all over the region on a nightly basis. One creature comes every night but not just to marvel at the grotesque freaks but rather to watch Jojo, an enchantingly beautiful creature that rides the high wire. However his longing does not go unnoticed – not a problem when it comes to the lonely Jojo but more an issue for the jealous and spiteful owner. (Comment by bob the moo)
A love story set in the world of Macr Craste’s Pica Towers.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
12 Stone Toddler - Candles On The Cake
The video for 12 Stone Toddler “depicts the band rocking out on top of a massive cake, an old man being visited by cake demons and a guitar playing time lord fiend…”
The video was directed by Phil Sansom and Olly Williams aka Diamond Dogs from HSI.
Download. (Quicktime)
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Watch the making of. (Flash Video)
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Emily Haines - “Our Hell”
The black and white, infrared cinematography is the star here. Not sure how it is done but it is a great look. Directed by Jaron Albertin. He directed a recent favorite: The Kingdom.
Update: Magnetic Blue has more information on the technology used in this video.
David Lynch’s “A Goofy Movie”
Disney’s A Goofy Movie, as would have been if directed by David Lynch.
Pure genius.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
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Dave Gahan - “Kingdom”
The concept and song play beautifully together. You could spend a semester dissecting this video. My first thought: desolate parking lots and exterior of houses (and what they symbolize) could be the invisible sharks that exist underneath the water, threatening to destroy everything alive. But as nature started to flash, could it be everybody had left the artificial world to return to the natural world. Maybe leave the physical world for the spiritual world. Or it could be simple as an alien abduction (i kid).
Special mention to the cinematography and color correction. This would be a video I would love to see on HD. No blowouts, high contrast but without that extreme look that music videos seem to thrive on.
The Saint Inspector
The saint inspector shows a higher being in a state of pious bliss enduring the attentions of a meddling official from some sort of high altitude bureaucracy.
Some weird claymation from the Bolex Brothers.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
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