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Detroit Lives
“Detroit Lives” is a 32-minute documentary (hosted by Johnny Knoxville and sponsored by Palladium Boots, for better or worse in both cases) about the shinier sides of Detroit and the people working to make it a better place. It’s got some charm, some good shots, and what I thought to be some genuinely interesting insights on the socioeconomic scene ( Read more... ) -
Gluko & Lennon
Not too far removed from a sort of ‘Adventure Time’ level of charm, Gluko & Lennon are definitely worth the 12 minutes of your day.
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
Gluko & Lennon ENG from Gluko & Lennon on Vimeo.
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Playing the goat
All you people who kept telling me I was wasting my time hollowing out all those goats obviously haven’t seen RistoTodoroski’s bagpipes. Or heard them, for that matter.
Video link here.
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Something Left, Something Taken
This is excellent:
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
Something Left, Something Taken from Tiny Inventions on Vimeo.
From Drawn!
It was created by husband-and-wife team Max Poter and Ru Kuwahata of Tiny Inventions. What’s special about the short is how it blends so many types of animation - hand-drawn, stop motion, After Effects, and even some good old fashioned puppetry - all ( Read more... ) -
Los Músculos
SLF played around with another little stop-motion project. Poorly lit and poorly edited, this one features some old M.U.S.C.L.E.S. toys I grabbed from Pfeffer. Remember those things?
Video link here.
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Gladwell on Moskowitz
I don’t spend enough time with the TED Talks, but this one really grabbed me. Here’s Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, talking about learning from diversity via the market research of Howard Moskowitz. It’s a captivating little talk.
Video link here.
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Soviet Sci-Fi Animation in the 1980’s
“In the years leading up to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, several of its animation studios were releasing experimental short films based off short stories penned by prominent, American science fiction authors. This post assembles some of these futuristic and otherworldly animations.”
I think “Polygon” is a particularly interesting animation ( Read more... )
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