The Beauty of the Power Game
This New York Times video slideshow of top female tennis players hitting their strokes in slow motion is utterly beautiful. Elena Dementieva slice is more of a ballet move than a tennis stroke. The brief second Kim Clijsters takes to get back on her feet is a story onto itself.
Chiapas, Sak Tzevul
Some astonishing imagery from Frank Beltrán. Compression is very harsh on some sequences, but whatever…
Guillaume Nery base jumping at Dean’s Blue Hole
Wow! World champion freediver Guillaume Nery dives into pure darkness.
(via Duncan)
Heartless: The Story of the Tinman
Based on the backstory of one of the most beloved children’s novels of all time comes the extraordinary love story between a simple woodsman and a beautiful maiden. Not having many possessions but wanting to marry his maiden, the woodsman sets his heart to build a large and beautiful cabin.
The new short film from Whitestone Motion Pictures.
Watch Heartless.
M.I.A. – Born Free (dir. Romain Gavras)
NSFW.
http://www.dailymotion.com/videoxd2w3jMeanwhile, in the fictitious world…
For Whom the Bell Tolls
…the title sequence to Ruben Fleischer‘s Zombieland does not back down. Flashes of jarring death slathered with slow speed splatter document a kinetic finality that does not force its humor. We see every black bauble of biohazardous blood upsurge and dot the landscape of a crippled Earth.
U can has it at Art of the Title along with an interview with Ben Conrad of Logan.
Congress: A Thousand Years of Death
Weston Currie‘s Congress: A Thousand Years of Death is the comprehensive history of a haunted American town. The film begins in prehistory, ends in the distant future, and finds time in the middle to tell the story of Congress’ founding family, the Turners. Structurally, it is episodic and elliptical; each segment is a fantasia of death and dreams…
Watch a sequence from the film.
We Walk
Commissioned by creative agency DixonBaxi, We Walk is a short film by Christopher Hewitt which stumbles into the journey of a young girl desperate to leave the city in search of isolation and, in turn, sleep. Shot in LA and Palm Springs, the film is based on a new poem by writer Brett Darling.
Watch We Walk.
Land of Talk – It’s Okay
Directed by We Were Monkeys.
Nuit Blanche
Can’t stop watching this film by Arev Manoukian. Looks even more gorgeous in Full HD on my TV.
Watch Nuit Blanche.
Hollywood vs. New York
Fantastic stuff from Goodiebag.
Surprise
Fantastic art decoration and cinematography. (via Nozap)
SNL Digital Short: On the ground
Philips Carousel Commercial by Adam Berg
Incredible commercial/short film for Philips new LCD TV.
The Presets – If I Know You
Filled with some incredibly unique and original imagery. Lovely editing. For whatever reason, made me think of Claire Denis’ Beau Travail.
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