Toy Story and Muybridge

Ran across this on the internet today... It was like a mash up of pop culture and the beginning of film in an institutional space... loads of commercial interests in this make it seem like such an obvious show, but I think it still seems cool despite that.






You can see the photos of the other stuff here too.

Just thought it was kinda funny.

My Music Video Inspiration: "La Rue"

This is the best clip I could find online to give you a glimpse of where I got my inspiration from.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside

Here's the video Elizabeth mentioned. It's not a great copy but the only one I could find online.

Homage to the Avant Garde

Here is an old music video for The Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Otherside' from their popular album Californication. It is a great example of contemporary artists appropriating a film style from the past in order the meaningfully communicate to their audience.

I think it's a cool video and one of my personal favorites.

Bernard ran into an old friend this week.

Max Davison in "The Call of the Cuckoo" (1927)

This comedy shows a bit more of the range of the period - especially since it's built on a kind of stereotyped portrayal of Jewish characters.

Harry Langdon - The Strong Man

Harry Langdon - Long Pants

Another great comic of the period, Harry Langdon - here in a very dark comedy.

Chaplin - The Great Dictator (1940) - The Final Scene

As the Jewish barber Schulz who impersonates the anti-semitic dictator Hynkel, Chaplin gives his own political speech to a world on the brink of World War II.

Chaplin - The Great Dictator (1940) - Hynkel's speech

With The Great Dictator, Chaplin used sound to add to his satirical portrayal of Adolf Hitler as the petty tyrant Adenoid Hynkel. Very broad comedy, hilarious stuff - and it got him to trouble years later when members of the House UnAmerican Activities Committee determined that he had been "prematurely hostile" to fascism and the Nazis.

Chaplin - Modern Times (1936) - The Waiter's Song

Ana amazing event for the contemporary audience - Charlie sings.

Chaplin - Modern Times (1936) - The Factory

The classic scene from Modern Times- The Tramp is now a worker, driven mad by the machine rhythms of factory work.

Chaplin - The Gold Rush (1925) - Dinner in the Cabin

Another classic comic scene.

Chaplin - The Gold Rush (1925) - Table Ballet

One of Chaplin's most famous set pieces.

Chaplin - The Idle Class (1921)

In "The Idle Class," Chaplin tells a sentimental, 19th-century sort of story abut crossing lines of class.

Chaplin - The Immigrant (1917)

"The Immigrant" shows Chaplin's consistent identification with the diverse immigrant population of the United States - his sense that "the people" really meant the people rejected and exploited by those with power.

Chaplin- One A. M. (1916)

Chaplin - The Police (1916)

Many of Chaplin's early comedies are available online, in versions of varying quality.
"Police" shows that Chaplin introduced social and political themes from early in his career.