Movie City Indie Archive for October, 2008
American Airlines: "The Producer"
An ad that’s been running on ESPN and other channels recently with a loose-limbed attitude. The video and its audio roll right after you go to the jump.
Bravefont, directed by Bauer Bodoni
BraveFont from ilovetypography.com on Vimeo.
You’ll kern like never before…
Last night, economy being what it is, I had this dream
But Michelangelo Antonioni got to Zabriskie Point before I did. 3 Comments »
"MGMT The Youth," directed by Eric Wareheim
Bite into this, Sparkle Motion. All tween the lines. Hi-res here.
The single take: McCain supporters mad as hell at Socialist America
When the fist bursts into the air, blocking the camera’s view… Ouch. (There are cuts in the piece to other inflammatory remarks afterwards.)
Now I want to go to the Belgian Book Fair
Boekenbeurs 2008 – Mark Borgions from Darren Di Lieto on Vimeo.
Monkey exploitation in Japanese restaurant!
I’ll take that hot towel now.
"Take On Me": the literal video
But then of course, there’s the strangely great cover, live-performed here by the then-teenage Cap’n Jazz, fronted by Tim Kinsella. This pip of Norwegian pop was not meant to be taken this way by young punks: sincerity and sensation somehow rise above the potential for speedy irony.
Charlie Rose by Sam Beckett
I like this more each time I see it. 1 Comment »
Quote: Björk on Iceland's founding as Iceland flounders
In a terrifying Observer piece about the collapse of the Icelandic economy this week, a note from Björk. “Blame it on the Vikings. Icelanders like to hark back to their ancestors, the rebel Vikings who, as the nation’s most revered daughter Björk once explained, ‘couldn’t deal with authority in Norway. So they flew off in this mad ocean in a wooden boat which is pretty hardcore, North Atlantic in the year 800. And they found this island full of snow … yeeeah!’“
My bloody cellphone
Sometimes it’s good to work with crayons. My Bloody Valentine’s closing number, Aragon Theatre, Chicago, 27 September.
Someone else got a better camera into the house.
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