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Star Wars Uncut
The editors at the Star Wars Uncut project have divided the first Star Wars movie into 15 second clips, which fans have recreated in a dizzying variety of styles and quality. Stitched together, the final product is a remake of the entire film, made from 473 independently produced pieces.
What follows is a 5 minute preview. The full film will be premiered at the CPH PIX film festival in Denmark.
Time-lapse Music Video
Really beautiful. I love the part where the people suddenly spill into the street and onto the opposite side, before the cars surge through the intersection.
Tron: Legacy Trailer
New trailer for the Tron sequel.
OK Go explain why you can’t embed their new video
The band OK Go has a new video for their song “This Too Shall Pass”, but you’re not allowed to post it on your website. Now, this is a band that owes much of it’s exposure to the viral web. How many people first heard about OK Go because of their treadmill video?
Why, you might ask, would this new video be any different?
The catch: the software that pays out those tiny sums doesn’t pay if a video is embedded. This means our label doesn’t get their hard-won share of the pie if our video is played on your blog, so (surprise, surprise) they won’t let us be on your blog. And, voilá: four years after we posted our first homemade videos to YouTube and they spread across the globe faster than swine flu, making our bassist’s glasses recognizable to 70-year-olds in Wichita and 5-year-olds in Seoul and eventually turning a tidy little profit for EMI, we’re – unbelievably – stuck in the position of arguing with our own label about the merits of having our videos be easily shared. It’s like the world has gone backwards.
Pretty much describes what’s wrong with the music industry these days.
So instead, let me invite you to enjoy this great little video of OK Go practicing “This Too Shall Pass” with a choir for a performance on the Tonight Show.
Chernobyl > Lost Souls
In the dead zone we didn’t encounter eight-legged frogs, giant grown trees or mutant children. But the breathtaking silence was more we could have ever imagined for. It’s hard not to make a fantasy out of this place.
Take a video tour of the remnants of life in Chernobyl.
A Narrow Garage
The garage I park in every day is old and pretty narrow, and the car doors only open about half way to get in and out. But that’s nothing compared to this guy, whose garage is only 6 centimeters wider than his vehicle.
I love how he has to open the door to his house to get out of the car.
(via cynical-c)
Wes Anderson’s Stop Motion Acceptance Speech
Wes Anderson received a Special Filmmaking Achievement award for Fantastic Mr. Fox from the National Board of Review. He accepted the award as a stop motion animated character.
Do You Eat Crap?
Great satire to promote the healthy fare of The Pump restaurant in New York.
Kenner Star Wars Toys Commercial ’77
Speaking of Star Wars, here’s a commercial from 1977 for a collection of movie tie-in toys. For some reason, I very clearly remember the part with Han Solo and Chewbacca on the potted plant from when I was a kid.
That Death Star playset is one of the best toys I ever had.
MicMacs Trailer
MicMacs is a new film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the man behind Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children and Amelie.
Nation’s Pride
Nation’s Pride is the fictional Nazi propaganda film screened for the German high command at the end of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds. It was filmed by Eli Roth, who played Sgt. Donny Donowitz in Basterds.
Also available, and just as ficitonal, is the Making of Nation’s Pride, with Roth as director Alois Von Eichberg.
The Making of the Grinch
In 1994, TNT aired this holiday treat, hosted by the great Phil Hartman, that featured some of the extraordinary talent that brought “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” to life: Thurl Ravenscroft (the voice of Tony the Tiger, who sang “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch”), Albert Hague (who wrote the music), and Chuck Jones (animation legend of Bugs Bunny fame).
Thurl Ravenscroft had the best face. I could watch him talk all day.
Don’t miss part 2.
The Known Universe
The Known Universe is a new film created by the American Museum of Natural History that begins over Mount Everest and pulls back through space to the edge of what we have been able to observe and map of the universe. Every detail of scale and location is accurate, as it’s based on data from the Digital Universe Atlas, a continually updated four-dimensional map of the universe.
Pixar’s Up Trailer Recut
Mashup of the Gran Torino and Up trailers. Well done.
70 Minute Phantom Menace Review
Divided into 7 bite-size chunks, it’s a long review, but funny and spot-on in its comparison of the original trilogy its first prequel.
The unfortunate reality of the Star Wars prequels is that they’ll be around… forever. They will never go away. They can never be undone.
Painfully true.
We Three Kings – New Video from Blondie
Brand new song and video from Blondie. Apparently there’s also a new album due out next year.
You can download the song for free on Blondie’s site.