A young O’Reilly Loses it

Someone put together a hilarious music video set to a recent video that surfaced…

MUTO: a wall-painted animation

This is insanely incredible…

“The new short film by Blu, an ambiguous animation painted on public walls. Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche).”blublu.org/ blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm

from www.vimeo.com posted with vodpod

Again and Again: The OS X desktop as music video

Boing Boing: “Digital filmmaker Dennis Liu has produced a video for the The Bird and the Bee’s
lovely single “Again and Again,” in which the lyrics, melody and vocals
unspool in surprising ways across his Mac’s desktop in a beautiful
visual harmony… ending in an artfully delightful pimping of the band
in question that makes buying the track on iTunes almost hypnotically
compulsory.

This is the sort of video that would drive you mad if you had to
experience it endlessly looped on the big screen of your local Apple
store, yet Liu’s film is far, far more brilliant and joyful and
effective than any ad campaign Apple’s ever done… a wonderful zen
fusion between one filmmaker’s uncynical enthusiasm for his platform of
choice and an adorable little pop song.”

Jero, the First Black Enka Singer in Japan

Neatorama: “Twenty six year old Jero looks like he’s trying to break into the
music industry. With his decidedly urban, hip-hop look, you’d be
forgiven if you think that he’s a wannabe rapper… That is, until he
starts singing!

Jero, as you’ll see in the clip below, is going to be the first professional black enka [wiki] singer in Japan.”

Return of the Moon-Nazis in Creative Commons-licensed film from Star Wreck creators

Boing Boing: “John Buckman from Magnatune sez,

I’m involved with a film project called “Iron Sky”, which released a 2 1/2 minute teaser today:

“In 1945 the Nazis fled to the moon. It’s 2018, and now they’re coming back”

What makes this interesting is that it’s the second film by the people who made Star Wreck,
which is the most successful feature-length Internet-distributed film
of all time. Star Wreck was made by 3000 people, has been download 8
million times, is under a CC by-nd-nc license, and made good money both
through DVD sales, and through an eventual deal with Universal.

My role in this is that I provided the seed funding for Iron Sky, and I’m head of the board of wreckamovie.com
– a collaborative film-making web site (also CC based), that was built
from the Star Wreck experience (and is being used to make Iron Sky)

Watchmen Video Journal #2

Watchmenmovie.com: “To put it simply, there is an enormous amount of characters that populate the many time periods and environments of the Watchmen world. Although we encountered many challenges while making Watchmen,
one of the most interesting and rewarding was creating the wardrobe for
all of those people. This is the second time I’ve had the pleasure of
working with Costume Designer Michael Wilkinson. Once again, I’m amazed
by his talent and dedication. Take a look at the link below.

http://joblo.com/excl-watchmen-journal/

BSG Closing Animations

Someone has collected a bunch of the hilarious closing animations from the end of BSG:

Charlie Rose interviews himself about technology in edited video

I don’t know why I thought this was so funny, but I was rolling…

Boing Boing:
“Filmmaker Andrew Filippone Jr. edited an episode of Charlie Rose to make it look like he’s interviewing himself.

Something has happened to PBS favorite “Charlie Rose.” The
erudite conversations and sober intellectualism have been replaced by
an absurd world where illogic, inane dialogues, and open hostility
rule. The one-on-one interview between Charlie and his guest begins as
usual but quickly goes awry, so much so that Charlie is warned that,
somewhere, a man named “Steve” is “not happy.” Though this seemingly
random statement might confuse us, Charlie understands it for what it
is — a threat. But who is “Steve” and why is he angry? And why does
the mere mention of his name stop Charlie cold? Using appropriated
footage from a single episode of “Charlie Rose,” filmmaker Andrew
Filippone Jr. creates something both disturbing and farcical in
“‘Charlie Rose’ by Samuel Beckett.”

Vista sales team hire Springsteen impersonator to evoke last time Microsoft was cool

My eyes and ears are bleeding….

Boing Boing: “Does it matter if a company that makes operating systems is cool?
Not really. Should it matter that they are out of touch with modern
popular culture? No. Does the very existence of this video betray the
fundamental desolation in the soul of every large corporate sales
executive? I’ll let fake Bruce answer that one, fist cocked skyward:
“Our ecosystem rocks!”

How many Microsoft salesmen saw this video dribble down from
management, put their faces in their palms, and wept? I bet if we could
see the sales numbers after this video was released, there would be an
immediate dip.”

Video: Steve Jobs keynote parody hits all the right notes

Boing Boing: “Just yesterday I was wondering why you never see good Steve Jobs impersonations. Is it because he’s so vanilla? Does he have no sandy quirks that can be highlighted with layers of caricature? Is his measured, not-quite-human speaking style impervious to parody?The answer is: I apparently know nothing about doing impressions. Because whoever is playing Steve Jobs in this College Humor keynote parody nails it. The voice, especially. I stepped away from the computer for a second while it was playing and had a hard time not mistaking his cadence for the real Steve.”