Link: NY Mag's Vulture: Six Random Michael Jackson Pop-Culture Moments
"Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, and adapted for the screen by Etgar Keret and Director Tatia Rosenthal, $9.99 is a stop motion animated feature which offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life..." —$9.99 movie site
The film's first special engagements will show on June 19th at the Landmark Nuart in LA, and the Landmark Sunshine in NYC, with more cities and dates to follow. I'm really looking forward to seeing this new collaboration between director Tatia Rosenthal and writer Etgar Keret. The use of claymation and stop-motion animation juxtoposed with a unique storyline gives me much promise that this will be a memorable film (and best on the big screen).
"It took the Israeli-born filmmaker Tatia Rosenthal nine years to get her first animated feature made. Its title: “$9.99.” “And it’s coming out in 2009,” she said..." —Characters of Clay, Extremely Well Aged via NYTimes.com
(higher quality trailer on movie site--but doesn't embed in Safari browser)
Link: 9dollars99movie.com
Death Cab for Cutie - Little Bribes from Ross Ching on Vimeo.
The other day I discovered an impressive stop-motion time lapse music video for Death Cab for Cutie's song Little Bribes. This is not an official video and was made as a self-promo piece, or just for fun by Ross Ching. I find the incorporated typographic elements very unique and like the use of bokeh technique—and believe this could've passed as a real commissioned piece.
Ross Ching writes more about the process behind the video: "For this video, I pulled out every time lapse, stop motion and live action camera trick that I could think of. It took me about 2 weeks. The goal was to create a fresh, new direction to take my work to..." —Ross Ching
(first discovered video via fubiz)
Link: Ross Ching's unofficial Death Cab for Cutie music video
After watching The Daily Show last night, I saw this cute, but hopefully effective stop-motion animation
about carbon pollution. The ad spot is just one part of a larger campaign from Repower America and
The Alliance for Climate Protection.
below is an excerpt from the press release for the "Hot and Cold" commercial:
“It is no secret that America needs to heat up its economy at the same time as we cool down a warming planet,” CEO Fox said. “We can create tremendous sustainable economic growth when we cap carbon pollution, jumpstart our clean energy sector and support innovative industries across America. Strong climate and energy legislation will address the root cause of dangerous climate change, repower America with clean energy and help lift us out of this recession.”
—pdf press release from Repower America
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About Me:
- Working on:
everything but what I should be doing. - Listening to:
pandora - Reading:
"Perfection" by Julie Metz - Watching:
old episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
