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 is a new film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the man behind Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children and Amelie.
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.
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 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.
Mashup of the Gran Torino and Up trailers. Well done.
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.
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.
Check out this PSA video of a dry Scotch Pine catching fire and setting the room ablaze. Scary quick.
Jawbox, one of my all-time favorites, played together for the first time in 12 years on Jimmy Fallon last Tuesday. Alas, it was only a one-time thing, to plug the re-issue of For Your Own Special Sweetheart, remastered by Bob Weston and released in a collaboration between indie record labels Desoto and Dischord.
They did “Savory” for TV, and 2 more, “FF=66″ and “68,” that you can watch online.
(thx, rae)
Fun video for the first single off OK Go’s new album, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.
There is also a ‘making of‘ video with commentary from the band.
(via kottke)
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