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Entries Tagged as 'Short Films'

A short film for you

December 26th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

Support for the filmmakers…
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Short film for the day

October 31st, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

Throwing some support to the filmmakers out there, here’s a short film for today.
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An experiment - syndicated short films from YouTube

October 11th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

YouTube and Google have just provided a new way for filmmakers and small independent studios to distribute their work and, importantly, get paid for it. It’s a great new model. I’m just testing it out and experimenting now, just to see how it goes. This one has animation and other short films […]

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Tags: Short Films · Technology

Don Hertzfeldt’s Rejected - Funny, funny, funny.

September 26th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

Don Hertzfeldt, who with Mike Judge (creator of King of the Hill, Office Space and Beavis and Butthead) created The Animation Show, a film festival of great new animation, released a collection of short films titled Rejected. The premise is that these animations were commissioned by corporations and then rejected.
Very funny. Be warned, […]

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Tags: Animation · Short Films

David Lynch and the Big… White… Rubber… Clown Suit

August 17th, 2007 by Trout · 3 Comments

A common view of people involved in meditation of any kind is that they’re wimpy. They live in the clouds and forests among birds and silence, stay in big quiet stone buildings and don’t do much that actually affects the world. They’re just not realistic. “That’s nice and everything, you’re not hurting […]

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Tags: Cinema · Moving Pictures · Philosophy · Short Films · Television · United States

Cornelius, Chimes, Video

April 30th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

Japanese artist Cornelius often performs in stadiums back in Japan. So I felt lucky to see him in a venue with only about 50 other people. When I first saw the show advertised, I thought it was a mistake because it was in such a small space. Cornelius has been called “The […]

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Tags: Japan · Music & Sounds · Short Films

Constanza Macras / Dorky Park, Back to the Present

January 28th, 2007 by Trout · 1 Comment

Throwing stuffed animals at each other while jumping on second hand furniture in between stripteases doesn’t count as art most of the time, even though it’s a helluva lot of fun. But Berlin choreographer Constanza Macras and company Dorky Park weave together an enticing performance that’s both fun and sexy while technically challenging. […]

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Tags: Dance · Germany · Music & Sounds · Short Films · Theatre