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Another Metropolis remix (above).

The complete, newly restored Metropolis (1927) will be showing locally at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento, September 11 and 12, 2010.

Found via Alex R. Trujillo

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Video for Treponem Pal’s Dirty Dance, from the album Weird Machine. Directed by Olivier Lelong.

I had Olivier’s fetish-based video work in the FEEEL New Media exhibition I co-curated back in 2008.

For more, drop by his website here.

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‘It was Benjamin Franklin’s favorite typeface, and the first printings of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were set in Caslon.’

I am a history junkie.

And I loved the scene in HBO’s John Adams miniseries when Adams disputed the accuracy of the above painting (video, below). And how Ben Franklin’s approach to French diplomacy was more  . . .  ardent, than formal.

(I also loved how the miniseries used titled camera angles – like the United States was founded by villains from the old Batman tee vee series)

William Caslon’s fonts were the typefaces of the American Revolution.

Here’s some great reads on early American documents – as handy PDFs.

And here’s a link to John Adams on DVD.

Tags: art, cool finds, design history, education, fonts, typography by steve
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‘Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection’

A film by Arev Manoukian. Making of video here.

Tags: design, design history, photography, typography by steve
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‘The film’s title is an allusion to Tatlin’s Tower. This animated short by Theodore Ushev is like a whirlwind tour of Russian constructivist art and is filled with visual references to artists of the era, including Vertov, Stenberg, Rodchenko, Lissitsky and Popova.’

Brilliantly done! From 2006.

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A trailer (above) for a performance you’ll never see – because it’s already passed.

Some info here. And the trailer was released four months after the event.

So.

Just enjoy.

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Queen’s Radio Gaga. From 1984.

The video features public domain footage from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927).

Metropolis’ New Tower of Babel; click for larger version/jump

Also in 1984, producer Giorgio Moroder updated Metropolis with a rock score – controversial for some purists. Queen’s Freddy Mercury contributed Love Kills to the soundtrack (video below); though unrelated to the Gaga single.

So far, Moroder’s new wave-esque version (due to music licensing) hasn’t been officially released on DVD. But in comparison to the original (which got a complete restoration just this year), Moroder’s music, color tints and enhanced sound fx result in a totally different, very 1980s film experience.

Tags: design history, music by steve
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‘When I was a kid, there are two things I wanted badly and never got  . . .  A real dog and a Kenner AT-AT Walker.’

Short film by Patrick Boivin. Music by Blithe Field.

Found via Rachel Wells

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‘We picked 35 of our favorite movies and tried to simplify them as far as possible. The outcome is a 2 minute journey through the history of film.’

Pascal Monaco’s short film, 35mm.

Found via David Rosales

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‘a debt to my childhood and other lives i hope i lived. inspired by words of songs that i admire.’

The work of Eran Hilleli. With climate change, the bears are losing.

Found via Monsieur Bandit

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Theatrical trailer for Fuel, ‘The unofficial sequel to ‘An Inconvenient Truth.”

Found via Chelsea Wolfe

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The Sacramento International Film and Music Festival is underway – and this Friday night, my students’ type film (above) will be shown as part of the Art Institute’s Student Showcase, 6 p.m., July 30 at The Crest.

Festival details here.

Official It’s Typography website here.

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Part one

‘Found Rick Wakeman’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth on Itunes. Renfair geekrock at its finest. Oh yeah! I need a cape & winged boots.’ -CraigyFerg

Progressive Rock pioneer, Minimoog, mellotron, biotron, synth and Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman goes to excess. But that’s what Progressive Rock is all about anyway. [Read more →]

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‘2000 people from around the UK were filmed singing The Fear for this promo for Lily Allen which was part of an Xbox Sing it with Lips game campaign.’

Found via exspiro

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‘the stuff we’re really made of’

King Corn (2007) is a look at the very, very powerful corn industry in the United States. And how corn is in EVERYthing.

Trailer above, watch the entire film via iTunes.

Official site here. And here’s a previous post on the subject.

Found via Shandi Pierzina

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‘Renowned French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand and director Luc Besson just released ‘Home’ – a documentary on climate change  . . .’ -Cult of Green

Narrated by Glen Close. Beautiful cinematography, like one of those 365 earth from above books. Shocking statistics, good solutions. Entire film available free on YouTube.

Click the above image to watch/jump.

Official website here. Watch it as a double feature with Avatar and this little ditty.

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