Radiohead video hoopla
It blows my mind how Radiohead manages to stay fresh in the public’s eye. I love it because Radiohead is one of my favorite bands of all time. I think part of the charm in this and other Radiohead projects is that the band is never gun shy about taking risks, no matter how big or successful they get.
Unrelated but earlier today…
Screen Kiss
Does everybody kiss the same on film?
Me and Billy Bob, a recent DVD and web project, takes as its subject a ‘crush’ I have on actor and musician Billy Bob Thornton.
Unfortunately, Billy Bob has not responded, and I am ready to make him jealous. Screen Kiss features several popular actors including Daniel Day Lewis,Vincent Gallo, Johnny Depp, and one actress, Billy Bob’s former wife Angelina Jolie. In each case I inserted myself into existing film scenes as stand-in for the actresses or actor being kissed by or engaged in other gestures of romance with these stars. I make eye contact with the camera, which functions as voyeur and Billy Bob’s, presumably jealous, eye.
Guys backflip into jeans
Glad someone else is doing this.
New dance craze: Fishstick Dance
Pork and Beans
The dysfunctional family of internet celebrities come together for this Weezer song.
Blu - Motu
Wall animation. Beautiful ideas inserted into the real world.
Watch it - the creator’s site is full of great things.
Four Eyed Monsters: New episodes (ep 9 to 12)
It has been a while since we heard from the Four Eyed Monsters (filmmakers Arin Crumley & Susan Buice). We have interviewed them in the past. I have fond affection and respect for them and their work. Many times, since all hoopla died down, I found myself defending them, their work, their way of doing things.
The biggest objection I hear is that they teeter on the obnoxious. A feeling akin to an older person feels to a younger person describing their lives as a grand-new-once-in-a-lifetime event when it is actually commonplace and repetitive. If you are in your late 20’s or later, these podcasts and the drama it revolves around remind you how silly, shallow life is in your early 20’s. But that could be intriguing in its own right.
These new podcasts will not change any of those perceptions. We are in our middle 20’s. The relationship is past the film and focused on itself. The big twist is that Susan has decided to be a stripper. I am a little confused on the reasons. Money, sexual exploration and a bigger-middle-finger-fuck-you to Arin are thrown in the mix. One reason, not touched upon, but in the mind of the viewer, would be that Susan, like Arin, are exhibitionists. It does boggle the mind how much recording taking place. Newest fetish: videoblogging!?
Like all of their earlier podcasts, they are honest about what is going on but not truthful. What I mean is that they are stating and describing what is going on. But nothing else. They have added what must be the most annoying cutaways to enhance these statements. But they stop there. What could be incredible conversations are cut short by a montage of beat-over-the-head physical illustrations of what has already been said.
Still following, still interested. As I have plead to the creators of Lost in the past, be easy with the fill.
Episodes nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
Photograph from Susan’s flickr account.
Best Game Ever - Best Improv Everywhere prank ever!
The Improv Everywhere pranks were getting tiresome. But this time, they stepped up to the big leagues (all puns intended). The group showed up at a Little League game in California with a Jumbotron, sports newscaster Jim Gray and a friggin’ blimp. Awesome cuteness.
Prevent It ads
A series of Canadian public service announcements in which people have various fatal accidents that could have been prevented. What is really effective about these ads is that the accidents are incredibly short and violent, the kind to get a reaction out of everyone. The first one is especially troubling.
GTA 4: LCPD Trailer
Join the LCPD and fight the Terror. Yes, the Terror…
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Russian Ad for Gmail
We see this style everywhere on the internet now, especially from the DIY crowd but this one manages to stand out.
Watch it (via Google Operating System)
Underneath the Madrid Metro ad
Beautiful graphics and music come together to create a sensually pleasing effect.
Spike Jonze’s opening to Lakai - Fully Flared
What can be better than slomo skate boarding footage? Explosions. Quite beautiful intro to an upcoming dvd (a review).
p.s. can’t decide if this is graphics or a real stunt.
The Corporate Assassin
Here is a great idea for a videoblog. To enter the site, you have to choose between employee or an executive. You are then asked about who you hate at work and what method you would like to use to get rid of them. The suggestions are then picked by the videoblog creators and are recreated for your cathartic pleasure.
Official site (you have to submit your idea just once)- the teaser.
“The Machine Girl” Trailer
From the creators of Death Trance and Meatball Machine…
Watch it. (Flash Video)
via Giavasan
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