Watch This: Spike Jonze's New Slo-mo Extravaganza for UNKLE
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So we all know that Spike Jonze is famous for a few things; some of us love his music videos (and with over 50 under his belt, you can't deny the man has made some of the most interesting videos over the last 17 years), some of us love his films, and there are some of us that just know him as that guy who married (and then divorced) Sofia Coppola. But if you've been a follower of his career then you know that one of his great loves is skateboarding. In the new video for UNKLE's song, Heaven, the director reedited footage from his 2007 skateboarding film, * Fully Flared -- and the result is a little hypnotic (not to mention strange), but more importantly it's pretty damn awesome.
But as much as I love Jonze's work on the small screen, I can't wait for the man to make it back into theaters. Jonze's last traditional feature was the Orchid Thief-inspired Adaptation, and the man has been steadily working over the years on everything from Jackass to concept art. But in spite of a rocky beginning, finally Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are is inching closer to its October release date -- not to mention earning more respect after we finally got a good look at those 'Wild Things' the other day, and, as an added bonus, the first trailer will arrive in front of Monsters vs. Aliens on March 27th. But I guess until then we're going to have to content ourselves with Jonze's genius in a much smaller dose.
*Correction: Fully Flared was a group effort from Ty Evans, Jonze and Cory Weincheque.
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3-24-2009 @ 3:39PM
Sean said...
Maybe the most amazing video I've ever seen. The tension is built up as it keeps cutting away from the trick. And I was like, c'mon I just wanna see him bust that flip or whatever. Then BAM! BOOM! CRASH! But all nice and slow to give me time for my goosebumps to raise up and fade away... :)
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3-24-2009 @ 4:16PM
ansky said...
I actually still like the old intro with m83 music over it. The pacing of the action is laid out better instead of it all happening at once.
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3-24-2009 @ 4:42PM
Alex Buono said...
Just for your notes, the director is ty evans even though spike helped stage the stunts in the opening.
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3-24-2009 @ 11:35PM
tony said...
the only reason i pay attention to spike jonze movies or music videos is because of his skate videos. Check out Video Days. I agree the original intro for the video is better. still cool though.
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3-25-2009 @ 12:16PM
Maikel said...
Fantastic!
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