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BIRDEMIC: Shock and Terror

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Might be the worst best movie since The Room.

“Driven by passion.”

Birdemic: Shock And Terror Official Theatrical Trailer from Severin Films on Vimeo.

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People in Order (by Age), 1-100

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

People In Order: 1. Age from James Price.

This is first in a series of four films – People In Order – commissioned by the UK’s Channel 4 in 2006. The concept behind our films was simple: we asked ourselves if you can reveal something about life by simply arranging people according to scales. Three minutes is a very short time to communicate something – perhaps too short to tell a story, or to get to know a character – so we wanted to make this series by setting ourselves some very straightforward rules, and then following them through over a long trip. The rules had to be simple so it would take the audience virtually no time to understand them. We established what scales we’d look at, and then chose how each film would be framed. Then it was a case of getting in a campervan and driving round Britain, filming as many people as we could over 4 weeks in February, coping with microphones crackling and our camera refusing to work.

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Saturday Afternoon Movie Club: The Known Universe and Closer

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Like Powers of Ten, but with more satellites:

The making of NIN’s “Closer” video:

NIN: The Making of the “Closer” Video from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.

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Saturday Afternoon Video Club: Beneath the Neon

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

This installment of Saturday Afternoon Video Club comes via Dangerous Minds, a fine site of this and that.  Here’s Al Jazeera’s look at the people living in Las Vegas’ storm drains:

Much the same territory as covered by Marc Singer’s Dark Days.

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Saturday Afternoon Video Club: Dock Ellis on LSD + Stalin’s Bunker Tour

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

New thing, folks. Pretty self-explanatory.

First up, an excellent animated tour through Dock Ellis’ LSD-infused 1970 no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Then, cool off with a tour through the House That Stalin Built: a bunker under Moscow meant to keep Russian officials alive just long enough to guide a nuclear counterattack and end the world.

Thanks to my man Gorilla Face for the heads up.

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The Wilhelm Scream Compilation

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

The “Wilhelm Scream” has been used in over 149 popular movies and counting. It’s the de facto cliche scream of agony. Haven’t heard it? Yes, you have.

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