Finally, a new film from Spike Jonze, his adaptation of the beloved children’s book, Where The Wild Things Are . Is it really possible that this is only his second full-length directorial effort, his first since Being John Malkovitch (my personal favorite absurdist science fiction comedy?) Needless to say, his eminence is underscored by plenty of extraordinary music videos. I particularly like his Gap commercial. But then again, I like breaking things.
If that weren’t exciting enough for geeky fanboys like myself, the script is the film debut of none other than the ubiquitous Dave Eggers, of McSweeneys and 826 fame, and the soundtrack features those mighty purveyors of orchestral pop, the Arcade Fire.
It seems twitter is all atwitter over this story. To give credit where credit is due, I first heard about it through filmdrunk, who’s currently blogging about a Farrely brothers Three Stooges remake starring Sean Penn [sic], Benicio del Toro [sic] and Jim Carrey [of course].
Then check out the video I directed for the Ford Fiesta Movement. My subject was the lovely and talented @MichelleMMM, AKA Michelle M McCormack, social media consultant (we met through Twitter), blogger, photographer, and designer. Her social media, hip-hop and fashion blog is at lovethecool.net. I tried to communicate her energetic, passioniate personality through the shooting and editing. Lots of jumpcuts and obtuse angles, inspired mostly by Errol Morris. Thanks HandCancel for the beats.
I’m always putting stuff off because my camera’s not good enough. I don’t have enough sound gear and my lights are crappy and my computer is old. Well, none of that stopped Mike McVey. He went ahead and made a movie without spending a dime. After storyboarding and scripting for weeks, he ended up using a sorry excuse for a home video camera, friends for actors and whatever sound and lighting equipment he could borrow from his school. Which wasn’t much. A knowing spoof of b-movie cliches shot with urgency and edited with panache, Galloping Gertie shows that this isn’t the last we’ve seen of Mike Mcvey. While you’re on his youtube page, check out his impressive collection of 20th century pop culture fragments, a world of cult movie clips, film history excerpts, comedic mash-ups, indie documentaries, comic books and superheroes and sci-fi curiosities.
The promotional video for Microsoft’s Songsmith is so atrocious that parody would be redundant. Sleep well, knowing that you had nothing to do with this ad, or for that matter, this product.
No wonder the recent trend of post-modern meta-art inspired by this karaoke machine from hell. This extremely catchy bluegrass Billy Idol cover is my favorite so far. I dare you to get it out of your head after a listen.
I like how it’s done straight. You can find more form the artist at his blog, entertainmentweekly.com. I’m beginning to become I am a big fan of eighties pop videos. They are like the American version of Bollywood, unapologetically surreal, bombastic, and ostentatious. Sort of like, er, Songsmith. I think I may be becoming a convert. Thank you, Laughing Squid.
I’m always putting stuff off because my camera’s not good enough. I don’t have enough sound gear and my lights are crappy and my computer is old. Well, none of that stopped Mike McVey. He went ahead and made a movie without spending a dime. After storyboarding and scripting for weeks, he ended up using a sorry excuse for a home video camera, friends for actors and whatever sound and lighting equipment he could borrow from his school. Which wasn’t much. A knowing spoof of b-movie cliches shot with urgency and edited with panache, 
