Music
O Valencia!
Sunday, March 9th, 2008Online video has got everybody all frothed up and excited, consumers, producers, advertisers, suits. But a lot of people are getting paid big bucks to try and figure how to bring the participatory culture of the web to old media. Even though their products still represent giant forces in the formation of our culture, […]
On Your Mark
Sunday, November 11th, 2007dir: Hayao Miyazaki, 6:31—A while ago, I reviewed She and Her Cat, a short film by a man sometimes called the “next” Miyazaki. Well this time we’ve got something from the man himself, On Your Mark.
Technically it’s not a short film, it’s a music video from 1994 for the popular Japanese pop duo Chage and […]
The Owl
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Click on image to watch film
dir: Emmanuel Ho, 2:46—Deep, dark and beautifully disturbing, The Owl, a music video for I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, is a perfectly constructed moment of desperation. Tied down at the ankle, a frantic crow struggles to reach freedom as pop culture’s lipstick and fast food containers fly past. […]
Birds
Monday, July 16th, 2007Dogs love to jump. Click image to watch the film at iFilm.com
dir: Pleix + Vitalic, 3:04—Man’s best friend flutters weightlessly through this hypnotic music video. Vitalic’s White Labels provides the soundtrack as dogs are hurled into the air in slow motion. The dogs courageously cross into unknown territory, surrendering control of their surroundings to the […]
Hello
Sunday, May 6th, 2007dir: Jonathan Nix, 6:32—An endearing animation about the struggles of love and self-expression. Hello’s characters are created from common audio devices—forced to communicate with what technology they have. A bumbling, young cassette player fumbles with his tape deck as he hopelessly attempts to capture the attention of the cute, digital girl next door. His earnest […]
Spin
Sunday, April 15th, 2007dir: Jamin Winans, 8:15—In Spin, an angelic DJ is sent to a busy city block to mend a tragic accident only to find deeper issues bubbling beneath the surface. Using his “wheels of steel” to turn back time, the DJ finds that solving one problem creates another. When every element is brought in sync, a […]