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Watch: 'Are We Still Married?' by The Quay Brothers
Filed under: Fandom », Trailers and Clips »
The eccentric stop-motion geniuses (and identical twins) the Quay Brothers, aka Stephen and Timothy Quay and/or the Brothers Quay, create mesmerizing and wonderfully creepy stop-motion films since their first films in the '70s. With a wild assortment of esoteric influences from Polish animators, Kafka and Bruno Schulz (whose book The Street of Crocodiles inspired their short film by the same name), and an assortment of Eastern European composers and puppeteers, the Quay Brothers could be (and have been) studied in great detail by film scholars -- or just enjoyed by viewers who love their dark and uncanny worlds of broken dolls, over-loved stuffed animals, and clockwork creatures.One of my favorite short films of theirs is a video they did for the song "Are We Still Married?" by the haunting Michigan group His Name is Alive. The two groups of artists mesh perfectly, and in fact did collaborate on another video as well, for the song "Can't Go Wrong Without You." The brothers have also done videos for other artists like Peter Gabriel and Sparklehorse, but HNIA just seems like the most perfectly delicious collaborators with their mercurial music -- soft with sudden outbursts, with just a hint of ominous anger lurking beyond the surface.
You can watch the video for "Are We Still Married?" after the jump, but if you want to see a high quality version of it, go to the official 4AD site, bite the bullet, and install RealPlayer just long enough to enjoy the beauty. The video is also available on the two-disc collection of their short film work from Zeitgeist Films.
Watch This: 'New Moon' Video Premiere
Filed under: Music & Musicals », Romance », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », New Releases », Movie Marketing », Trailers and Clips »
Even though I still haven't completely wrapped my head around some of the participants on the New Moon soundtrack (really, Thom?), worry not because this isn't about to turn into one of those Twilight bash-fests since I've already made my peace with this particular franchise. But I wanted to get that out there because you should probably know that I'm not exactly dedicated to the love story of Edward and Bella, or the Emo poster boys Death Cab for Cutie, which might not make me the best audience for the new music video for the first official release from the soundtrack, Meet Me on The Equinox. That said, I do have to admit that, no, I don't hate it.
The song might not be anything out of the ordinary for the band, and it has that trademark Death Cab vibe of slightly mopey and chock full of ennui, but it's a pretty little track nonetheless. Now, as for the video itself, it's mainly just footage of the band (after breaking into Bella's Forks home by the looks of it) but there is some additional footage from the movie peppered into the clip -- though you would probably have to have committed the first trailer to memory (and I'm sure some of you have) to spot the differences. But one thing that should thrill Cullen-lovers everywhere is that you do get a much longer shot of a shirtless and sad Edward -- and isn't that the bread and butter of the Twilight franchise, after all?
The official soundtrack will go on sale on October 20th, and you'll have one month to learn these songs by heart before New Moon arrives in theaters on November 20th.
After the jump: Death Cab emoting all over the place...
Watch This: Shia LaBeouf, Music Video Director
Filed under: Music & Musicals », Celebrities and Controversy », Trailers and Clips »
I think we all know there have been a few 'mishaps' on the path to stardom for Shia LaBeouf, but I'm convinced the man still has a pretty bright future ahead of him. It takes a fair amount of natural charm (and skill) to pull off some of the so-so films that pepper his resume (ahem, Eagle Eye), but somehow the guy manages to walk away from every crappy film with his dignity intact, and more importantly, with another project coming down the pipe. But, like every other actor who came before him, what LaBeouf really wants to do is direct ... a music video ... and now he's made his directorial debut in the form of a music video for Hip-Hop artist Cage, titled I Never Knew You.
The actor has been a long-time supporter of Cage, and back in 2007 he told Vanity Fair that he was going to be directing a feature film based on the rapper's life. According to Cage's bio, he was "Born to a heroin-addicted father and a distant mother, he battled drug addiction and was institutionalized for 18 months, where he became a test subject for Prozac and tried several times to end his life before discovering hip-hop as a vehicle to express his inner-torment." So while tough luck stories are all fine and dandy, you're probably wondering: but is the video any good? Well, the bad news is that it isn't mind-blowing – pretty standard MTV fare. But the good news is that it's definitely a start in proving LaBeouf can handle himself behind the camera -- not to mention that a celebrity director guarantees Cage a few more headlines.
Watch the video below and tell us what you think about LaBeouf as a director...
Watch This: David Lynch Video for Moby's 'Shot In The Back Of The Head'
Filed under: Music & Musicals », Fandom », Trailers and Clips »
When it comes to interesting pairings, it would be hard to top the combination of Meditation proponent and surrealist filmmaker David Lynch with techno artist Moby. The two have worked together in the past on benefit concerts and the occasional segment for the bizarrely captivating Lynch TV, but the latest effort from these two eccentrics is an animated video for Moby's new single, Shot in the Back of the Head. It may only be a simple black and white animation, but it is everything you would expect from a man who makes freaked out weather reports and drags a cow down the street as a marketing ploy.
Maybe it's not the most revolutionary video you have ever seen, but there's just something about the animation that suddenly adds just a little something to the song -- and isn't that what a good video is supposed to do in the first place? I really have to hand it to them, because I'm not necessarily Moby's biggest fan. I liked Play as much as the next girl, but that didn't mean I wanted to hear those tunes played into the ground by every commercial in prime time. Like I said, I'm a tough audience, and after watching the video even I may have to give the little vegan one more chance.
The one thing I do know is that I think I prefer Lynch the music video director over Lynch the commercial director, how about you?
Shot In The Back Of The Head from Moby on Vimeo.
SXSWclick Short Film Competition Underway
Filed under: Animation », Documentary », SXSW », Shorts », Cinematical Indie »
I would normally follow the question "Got a short film you've made?" with the suggestion that you email a link to the short to Cinematical to include in the Eat My Shorts column. However, today I have an even better idea: Send your short film or video to the fourth annual SXSWclick! competition. If your short film is 10 minutes or shorter in length, you can submit it to SXSWclick in one of five categories: Old-School Shorts (for narratives), Really Real Shorts (for documentaries), Animate-it, Sound Checks (for music videos) and for everything else, the What the F*#!? category. The winning shorts in each category will screen at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival in Austin next March, and the Grand Jury Prize winner gets a MacPro Workstation and Apple Cinema Display. The deadline is June 15, which may be enough time to make a short film (quickly) and submit it if you're really lusting after the awards.If you're more of an audience member than a filmmaker, you can watch all of the winning shorts from the 2006 competition -- and since I haven't quite finished my most recent Eat My Shorts column, consider SXSWclick your source for good short films online this week. I haven't yet watched all the 2006 winners myself, although I caught the Really Real Shorts winner art/work recently and found it very inspiring for creative people who also have day jobs. Also, keep an eye on the SXSWclick site in late June, when the 15 finalists will have their shorts available on the web for us to watch, as well as vote on the Audience Award.
Tim Burton Directs a Killer Video
Filed under: Music & Musicals », Fandom », Home Entertainment »
Hey, remember how I told you about the Killers video that Tim Burton was reportedly directing back in September? At the time, no one knew when and how we would ever get to see the thing, as Burton was busy building miniature sets in London. Well, guess what -- MTV has your first look at the brand spanking new video over on their site, and the thing looks sweeter than sweet ... if that's possible.
It's for a really groovy (man, I sound like my dad) song called Bones, and the music video marks Burton's first as a director. After watching it, like me, you'll probably wish the guy would direct a lot more of them. As promised, it's filled with plenty of Burton-esque material, including nods to a few B-horror movies, lots and lots of skeletons and a jazzed up drive-in movie theater. Oh, and as an added bonus, there's also a "making of" featurette which follows the actual video. If there was ever a perfect song for Tim Burton to run with, this is it. Do yourself a favor and go check this bad boy out.
Here's a question: If you could have any filmmaker direct a music video, who would it be and which song?
[via Pop Candy]
Harmony Korine directs Cat Power video
Filed under: Fandom », Newsstand »
It's not nearly as odd as the video he directed for Sonic Youth's "Sunday" back in 1998 with Macaulay Culkin, but
like everything else the enigmatic Harmony Korine creates, you can
spend the next several hours discussing just what the f*** he was trying to say with his new video for Cat
Power and her song "Living Proof." The video seems to center on a foot race between Cat, carrying a
cross on her back, and a group of women in traditional Muslim garb. Is he making some statement about the current state
of religious discourse in the country? Or about the role of women in society? Maybe it's a very subtle reference to
Wisconsin dairy farmers? I'm sure I have no idea, but it's fun to watch. The song's not too shabby, either.
[via Filmmaker Magazine Blog]
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