PSST… I’m Desperate for Love
The third release of the PSST “exquisite corpse” project is a music video for the band Over the Rhine. As usual, “each team had 3 weeks to produce their part and then passed it off to the next director, following the PSST! process.”
Watch it here (temporary link) or here.
Rafael Sommerhalder - Mr. Wurfel
Brilliantly done! The film is non-linear which one associates with cerebral thinking which compliments the main character beautifully. Style meets substance.
Ten Kens - Y’all Come Back Now
“Working together. We are all in this together.” Modern society frowns on the idea. Sad.
Ticklinks: A world of crazy news
- Albino Killings in Tanzania
- Women inmates at a New York prison train puppies to help disabled returning war veterans
- Using false-documentation laws to round up illegal immigrants
- Seeking Cures With No Prescription
- Hmong Hip-Hop Heritage
- Meet the Mangosteen
- Graffiti in Berlin
Creature Comforts - What is Art?
Absolutely hilarious and addresses something that bothers me quite often. If everything is art, what isn’t?
Pushkin
Next time, don’t bother. Rough on the edges but it works in sad, funny way.
NightFall
Once upon a time, somewhere in space, a dark lord falls in love with the Queen of a huge ringworld. He encircles her homeworld with his gigantic spacefleet and finally starts a direful attack.
A short movie by Valentin Schwind. Music by Ivelina Nedyalkova.
Lodger - I Love Death
A story that moves at the speed of light.
Lodger is back for more twisted musical animation. See the entire life of a stick figure in under four minutes. From a very wrong conception, to sleeping in school to endless work-a-days, Lodger captures the futility (and repetition) of life and sets it to a rollicking good rock song.
I love those subways!
Watch it (at Atom films, you have to endure a quick commercial before the film)
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)
Piège à cons
The power of a gun. The last couple of scenes are wonderfully poetic.
I’ll Wait for the Next One
J’Attendrai Le Suivant is a French short film directed by Philippe Orreindy and nominated for an Oscar in 2003.
“It is a perfectly told story, and it would ruin it writing too much beforehand.”
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Dog Impersonating Orson Welles
Hilarious!
Duke does his best job of reenacting Orson Welles’ drunk performance from a commercial shoot for Paul Masson champagne.
Watch it (via Videology’s interview with Stefan Nadelman)
Colbert Report: Balls for Kids
Stephen invites kids on the show for an explanation of what SCHIP is and why they can’t have it.
From The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
The Wonderful films of Adam Elliott
All of Adam Elliott’s animated shorts possess a simple but beautiful aesthetic formula: well written and beautifully spoken voice-over that gives fragmented scenes a sense of wholeness, the focus is less on story and more on character. And like all characters, Elliott’s shorts combine sadness with beauty, there is a constant sense of melancholy and wonder. Much like Dostoevsky’s The Idiot or even Forrest Gump, Elliott’s film celebrate the idea that stupid is sublime.
The Oscar Winning short, Harvie Krumpet, is Eliott’s darkest and the most ambitious. The story follows the tumultuous life of Harvey Krumpet. The early parts of the film, from childhood to middle age, might remind you of other animated shorts that are packed with quirky and the bizarre scenes. However, the latter parts of the film, where it focuses on Krumpet’s life in a senior citizen home, is dark and almost morbid. This weight of the sadness is unique to animation which I actually found refreshing. I would love to see Krumpet’s book of “fakts” be published.
Cousin is part of series of shorts focused on family members that include Brothers and Uncle. The Cousin is a boy inflicted with Cerebral Palsy who has an uncontrollable left hand to go with his magically strong right hand. The pace is so right, no joke is left behind.
Brothers seems like a precursor to Harvie Krumpet. The Brother is a boy with asthma that can never seem to shake off trouble, much like Krumpet.
Uncle is not available online. All shorts are embedded below. Read more
monkey’s butt is red
Word play, playful, foolhardy, ditsy, sing song.
