Fellini + Eminem = Genius
Filed under: Classics, Drama, Foreign Language, Fandom, Cinematical Indie
Ok, so this isn't exactly a mash-up, but it's a piece that brings together two things that have no business sharing the same screen-space, and makes them fit incredibly well. Everyone, meet 8 1/2 Mile, a trailer for Federico Fellini's masterpiece 8 1/2, set to the soundtrack of Eminem's Lose Yourself. I'm totally going to lose all my credibility as a snobby lover of foreign films here, but I have to admit that it gave me chills. Sure, it's not the best representation of what, exactly, the movie is about, but what trailer is? It creates a wildly effective atmosphere, and the editing is perfect. Plus, you get to look at the wonderful Marcello Mastroianni -- basically, there are a lot of worse ways to spend two-and-a-half minutes on a Saturday. (Of course, if the end result is that you, like me, find yourself seized by a desperate need to go watch 8 1/2, the time commitment is going to be a little longer.)Edit: The original link stopped working; links now point to a reliable site.









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7-16-2006 @ 1:41AM
neil said...
fantastic showcase of what a visually stunning film 8 1/2 is. Also just a damn fun trailer =)
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7-16-2006 @ 9:03PM
bml said...
He-larious, yus!
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7-17-2006 @ 12:09AM
Kim Voynar said...
Just brilliant. Now I want to go watch 8 1/2 -- with the sound muted and the 8 Mile soundtrack blasting.
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7-26-2006 @ 4:50PM
Chris said...
pretty cool, though some of the edits weren't quite on the beats. It sorta led me to believe they could drop any song in there and it would have had roughly the same impact. But yah, cool stuff.
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