Monday, December 30, 2013

For Those Who See


Very interesting project by media artist and industrial designer Daniel Schulze. I wonder if it can be combined with some kind of projection.


Dead Snow 2

Happy holidays everyone, sorry for being inactive again for a few weeks, these last days of the year are always a rush, lots of last minute jobs and Christmas bonanza.

So anyway there are lot of new visually interesting things out there and since I'm a horror fan let me start with a trailer that is closest to my hear: Dead Snow 2. The first one was a real treat, I've always loved Naziplotation movies and it seemed that the genre is dead for while till Dead Snow, Iron Sky and Frankenstein's Army came along.



Here is a teaser for the sequel and it looks like it's going to be a treat the second time around as well, enjoy:

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Tons of New Trailers

So in the past few days there was a tsunami of new trailers and I've been neglecting my blog, so it's about time I make up for it and make a nice little selection.

First here is the teaser for the new Planet of the Apes movie. I never was a big ape movie fan, I don't really get what is so cool about them - anyway, here is the teaser:


Next up is a trailer of the new Elijah Wood movie, Grand Piano. Elijah is trying to break new grounds with his latest films. I was pretty amazed by the Maniac not so long ago and here he goes again wondering to unknown territory in this new thriller. Looking forward to it.


Welcome To Yesterday has an interesting premise, time travelling and stuff... but again with teenagers, and Michael Bay - hopefully it'll be at least watchable.


Kevin Costner was always one of my favorite actors though in the last decade he wasn't so lucky picking movies apart from Mr. Brooks and a few other interesting ones. Finally he is getting back to his old status and finding good roles for himself. This might not be the best film of next year but it can establish Costner as an action star if it plays out well. Just look at what Taken did for Liam Neeson.


Here is a trailer for a very interesting looking little film: Cheap Thrills. Black comedies are rare, good black comedies are even more difficult to find so I really hope the movie will in par with the trailer:


Lastly here is a short teaser for an Indonesian action fest: Killers. The trailer doesn't show much, but we can be sure the movie is going to be bad ass - it's from the producers of Raid: Redemption.


Thursday, December 12, 2013

Moving Illusions


A nice little video explaining how weird our brain really works. The lecture starts with explaining some anamorphic illusions and then it sinks deeper into philosophy and your basic understanding of your own life. Interesting stuff indeed.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

GODZILLA - First Trailer


Here is the first trailer for the upcoming Gareth Edwards Godzilla reboot and I have to say it looks amazing. I love how Godzilla is not fully shown only mostly the damage he is causing and the final roar gives me the creeps. This should be good.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Vikings - Season 2 Promo


This years greatest new show for me was Vikings from the History Channel. The characters, the scenery, the stories were all cleverly crafted, so I'm really looking forward to the next season which will premiere in February next year. Till then here is a fresh promo for the show.

Jupiter Ascending - Trailer


Here is a trailer for the new Watchowski brothers or sisters or whatever movie called Jupiter Ascending. The trailer looks really promising, since the first Matrix the Watchowskis didn't make much of an impact, though they had some interesting projects like Cloud Atlas so it's about time they put something great on the table again:

Sunday, December 8, 2013

The Division - Gameplay - Snowdrop Engine

This amazing little trailer showcases the capabilities of the new Snowdrop Engine giving you a true next gen gaming experience. The amount of details is truly amazing, check it out:

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Memory of a Broken Dimension


Here is an experimental game which is difficult to describe, it's mostly an fps exploration game but very different from anything I have ever seen, it's really dark but fun and it's a treat visually if you are into demoscene style graphics. It's free to download and play, check it out. Oh, and you will need some basic DOS knowledge to even start playing.

Download the game from here:

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Guillermo del Toro's The Strain

Here is the first teaser for the upcoming Guillermo del Toro tv series, The Strain, they are in the middle of shooting the series so we won't see the final product for a while for sure, but this short little teaser is effective enough to keep me interested.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Circuit Scribe

Well this is not exactly visually interesting, but interesting nonetheless. When I was little I was fascinated with Doc Emmett Brown (Back to the Future) kind of mad scientist characters and I was playing a lot with circuits, taking every electrical machine apart and finding out how it worked. This is way the whole thing becomes a lot simpler and you won't have to worry about your kids burning their hands on the soldering iron.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

24 Hour Music Video



An interesting experiment from Pharrel Williams, a 24 hour music video, and it's actually interesting - I mean I haven't watched all 24 hours, but wherever I clicked on the timeline there were nice images and quality camera work. Enjoy:

Friday, November 22, 2013

Sabotage - Trailer

Here is the trailer of the new Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle directed by David Ayer, who also brought us End of Watch. The trailer looks very cool, Arnie is bad ass and the new haircut really fits him I guess, check it out:

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Conan on Cyriak and Smearballs

Here is a supercut from Conan season 3 boosted with the talent and craziness of Cyriak and Smearballs, enjoy:

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Grow Your Own POD


David Cronenberg
always had been one of my favorite filmmakers but now it's not a movie he is releasing but an interactive website where through a series of simulations you get to create your own POD, a creature which is connected to you. I know it sounds weird but if you have some time on your hand try it out, it can be a deep and disturbing experience... or maybe I just clicked the wrong answers? See it for yourself, this is the best interactive site I have seen so far:

The Employment - Animated Short

This animated short by Santiago 'Bou' Grasso got more than a hundred awards on film festivals all around the world. The technique doesn't offer anything new or revolutionary, what sells it is the idea. It's sad, it's deep, it's moving. And it's true. Check it out:



Check out the director's website as well, it's a treat to surf on:

Poorly Drawn Lines

Poorlydrawnlines.com is the perfect place to go if you want to escape from your job or choirs for a few minutes, turn off the outside world and a laugh a bit. Enjoy.


Friday, November 15, 2013

New Trailers - November 2013

Here are some trailers for upcoming eye-candy movies, let's hope looks is not the only thing they have:

First one is the trailer of the new Angelina Jolie movie. She hasn't been very active lately apart from flopping as a director, so after the long wait Jolie fans can go out to the cinemas again. It's a Disney movie but for that it's quite dark I have to say, maybe it's going to be something interesting after all.



The next one is the trailer for Noah, the new Darren Aronofsky film. I've always liked his movies but this movie seems more like a Roland Emmerich vehicle to me. Let's hope it won't be that bad.



Finally something different: Homefront was supposed to be made decades ago with Sylvester Stallone as the star. He also wrote the script and very much wanted to shoot the film himself but years went by and he got too old to do it himself. Now here is the movie with Statham and Franco and it looks pretty badass, I'm looking forward to it, check it out: (red band trailer, you have to log in to youtube!)


Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Super Tropic Tramp

Really cool minimal music video from Koji Aramaki, check it out, it feels more like a demoscene demo than a real video.

Friday, November 8, 2013

Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting

Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting is a sketch comedy show from Australia and here is a collection of the intermission animations from the show. I'm sure they must have been a big fan of the Monty Python's Flying Circus because these animations look like they've been made by Terry Gilliam and in a good way. Very funny stuff, check it out:



Robocop - New Trailer

Here is the new trailer for the upcoming Robocop reboot. It looks nice and shiny with a lot of action and robots fighting, but for sure it's going to be a very different Robocop.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Live Action Game Trailers

There are more and more live action trailers shot with well known actors for games. Many years ago there were games like Mad Dog, Phantasmagoria or Wing Commander games which were like an interactive movie but there was a reason for that, the studios were trying to do better and better graphics and animation and one way to do it was to shoot the whole game as a movie.

Slowly with the evolution of games it went out of style but now it's coming back in a different form and for a different reason, check out these live action trailers made to promote games:

Dead Island


Call of Duty: Ghosts

Sleeping Dogs


Prototype 2

Monday, November 4, 2013

The Lego Movie - Feature Trailer

Some months ago I've posted the teaser for The Lego Movie, that time it seemed it won't be any good but after seeing the full trailer I'm more positive. The stop-motion looks great, now we can get a sense of the story and see that it might even have a message, so I'm looking forward to this. I've played a lot of lego when I was young, building huge spaceships and all kinds of vehicles and imagined a lot of stories around the bricks and I enjoyed the hell out of it, still, it's hard for me to see how can you make an enjoyable feature movie from this. Let's just hope they really thought it over.

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Astral Body - Between The Buried And Me

Here is a new music video from the metalcore band Between The Buried And Me and it looks more like a showcase for After Effects plugins than a real video. Here you can see how it looks if you use Trapcode Particular, Mir and the Plexus plugins in a classical fashion. Nothing new here, just a nicely composed animation highlighting the power of AE.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Asian Directors #2. - Shin'ya Tsukamoto


Shin'ya Tsukamoto is another interesting character on the asian movie scene. His first hit was Tetsuo, a black and white, completely surreal and unique vision of a human becoming a machine. When I've seen it for the first time I was surprised, I didn't know that you can make a movie like this - somewhere between Lynch and Cronenberg on the edge of insanity. He was the producer as well so I guess he could do whatever he wanted with the movie, and that's exactly how it looks, like a very intimate confession of a misunderstood artist.


Since then Shin'ya has made a second Tetsuo movie with a higher budget, even crazier visuals and lots of gore, Body Hammer is a worthy sequel topping the first one in almost every aspect - the only thing it can't do is to cause the same kind of effect the first did, the feeling of unknown, never before seen style of film making. 

Shin'ya's name became praised by fans of the weird all over the world, his movies have a cult following, so if you are into crazy visuals, experimental film making and you don't mind gore check out his films, you won't be disappointed. 

Tetsuo - The Full Movie:

Tetsuo 2 - Body Hammer Trailer:

Tokyo Fist Trailer:


Thursday, October 24, 2013

Battlefield 4 - Single Player Trailer

A new very trendy action packed trailer for the next installment in the Battlefield series, check it out:

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Turn Your Smartphone Into a Digital Microscope

The video itself doesn't qualify for my blog, but with this life hack you can create pretty visually interesting images I reckon, so check it out:

Thursday, October 17, 2013

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Trailer


Here is the trailer of Wes Anderson's new movie called The Grand Budapest Hotel. I've been hearing about this movie for a long time, first it was supposed to be shot in Hungary, but they've changed the location to Germany, and since the story doesn't have any kind of connection to Hungary or Budapest it doesn't really matter where it is shot - though it would be nice to have this all-star cast (Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Owen Wilson, Jude Law... and list goes on) in Hungary for a few weeks.

Wes Anderson directed movies like The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, so for sure it's going to be funny, strange, weird, with beautiful pictures and intelligent dialogues. I'm really looking forward to it, check out the trailer:

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

PlayStation - Perfect Day Commercial

Sorry for not being active for such a long time, we have tons of projects and working 16-18 hours a day doesn't help the blog, but I will try to be more frequent from now on.

Here is a new commercial for the PlayStation, really cool stuff, check it out:

 

Monday, October 7, 2013

Fabian Oefner - The Art of Physics


Fabian Oefner is a young artist from Switzerland. He is capturing moments that are invisible or too fast for us to see. Simple physical everyday things, like sound waves, centripetal forces or magnetic ferroliquids.


Check out his works, they will guide you to a different world: fabianoefner.com

Friday, October 4, 2013

I, Frankenstein

I mean... what the fuck is this?? Who gave this the greenlight? Why? So many questions. The stupidity already starts at the title since Frantenstein was the name of the doctor and not the creation. Pff...

The Simpsons Couch Gag by Guillermo Del Toro

After watching Pacific Rim I still think that Guillermo Del Toro is one of the most creative filmmakers working today. He has the vivid imagination of a 10 year old but combines it with an adult sense of reality, so there is an explanation to everything in his movies.

Here is an opening sequence for The Simpsons for this years Tree House of Horror episode, check it out, if you're a horror fan you heart is going to warm up.


Möbius Ship

By artist Tim Hawkinson.



Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Flashback is Back!


Lately we can see a rise of very old titles being rebooted, and not only the hyped titles but ones like Rise of the Triad or Shadow Warrior. These games of course can't bring back the old times and make you feel like the first time you've tried these games. Flashback was one very different game back in the days, because it was slow, it needed patience and a lot of tries. It came after Another World but it had much superior graphics and amazing looking cutscenes.


A few years ago we he an HD remake of the game which looks quite nice (the same thing happened with the Monkey Island games), but now we have a complete reboot with 3D graphics, but gameplay mechanics seem to be the same, so it might be a great release, check it out if you ever played Flashback:

Sagrada Familia 2026


Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona could be finally finished by 2026. Gaudi's style in architecture is like a breath of fresh air with his curves, colors and weird solutions. The building of the Sagrada Familia started back in 1882 and it seems that it can come to and end in a few years. Very nice building and what's amazing that it still looks fresh after more than a hundred and fifty years later.


Thursday, September 26, 2013

Games as an Artform # 2


Botanicula (PC, Mac) is a beautiful 2D handdrawn game with cute and weird characters, funny scenes and loads of adventures in a lush environment. The game's basic style is point and click with exploration with the occasional puzzle solving, but it's all done in a real artistic way, you feel like you're inside an indie animated feature while you are playing, check it out:




Tearaway (PS Vita) hasn't been released yet, though I've seen the first images and videos about it more than a year ago - and mind you, this is not a GTA style huge game, it's for a handheld console, so it should take a lot less time to produce it. The interesting thing for me in this game is not only the style, but the way you play it. The PS Vita has a touch-screen like surface at the bottom of it and utilizing that you can "reach" into the game and interact with the characters in completely new way. I don't have a PS Vita myself but this game itself looks promising enough to make me interested.




Lastly here is Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery (PC, Mac,  Linux), it's also a point and click exploration style game but with pixel graphics.


The look of the game is amazing, every location is different and though graphically it's simple still there are enough details to keep you sucked in as you try to find your way out. Very cool little game, check it out:


Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Bot & Dolly - Box


This is an amazing little short which uses a lot of post-production, projection mapping, tracked camera movement and a lot creativity and style. I would go as far as to say that this is the most inventive way to use projection mapping yet, so enjoy, let yourself be amazed:

The 100th Post!

So here we are, the 100th post on this blog. I didn't think at the beginning that I will keep updating it, it was just a test to see if I will care about it enough to have something new posted at least every two or three days. I don't promote my blog, I'm not active online enough to do that. I just write whenever I feel there is something interesting that I can share with those few people reading my blog.


Thank you.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

OldBoy Remake trailers

Back in 2003 when the original Oldboy was released it was a huge hit. It was artistic, witty, sharp, brutal, funny at times and it head heart. Hollywood waited almost 10 years to start working on the remake and it fell into the hands of Spike Lee, so we can hope for a worthy movie. Here are two trailers for the movie, it seems to hit a different tone than the original, but actually that's a good thing, it's hard to recreate a perfect film.


Friday, September 20, 2013

Full Length Snowpiercer Trailer

Looks awesome!

First Official AVGN The Movie Poster

If you don't know who the Angry Video Game Nerd is go to http://cinemassacre.com/ right now and find out. After many short films, web series, documentaries he is finally making his first feature film - actually not finally, since he started already back in 2007, and there is no release date yet, so who knows when are we going see it. Anyhow, here is the official poster which was released today along with a little update video on the film's status.


Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Function 2013 - Demoscene meeting


As I have already stated previously I used to be a demoscener, well hell, I still am and I visited the only regular Hungarian demoscene meeting that exists the previous weekend: Function 2013. When I started the demoscene around 96-97 there was like 6-8 parties every year, now it's down to one and a some demoshows and C64 meetings, but the scene is better than ever. Quality releases, a lots of foreign visitors, big names, old faces, it was great.

Here is the winner in the democompo from Fairlight, a norwegian demoscene and cracker group, hands down, it's a very cool little demo.


And for the first time I post something that I produced together with Nagz and Senderkatch for the wild demo compo, and it took the 1st place, so we are really happy. On the scene I'm known under the alias Immortal Rat, and this is our long forgotten demo groups first release since 2000 or so, here it goes: Touch Me by Greenroom.


Check out these pages for more info about Function and the Demoscene:

Monday, September 16, 2013

New Interesting Trailers

The first one is called Escape From Tomorrow and it looks very weird. I don't know what to expect but I'll check it out for sure when it's out, maybe just to run away after 5 minutes, but hey, at least some people are still experimenting with films. By the way, it was shot in Disneyland, which fact in itself makes it a very interesting project.


The second one is a more generic looking claustrophobic space horror, but if it stays true to the genre and doesn't try to be more than it is could be a really fun ride, looking forward to it. Last Days on Mars.


Thursday, September 12, 2013

Jurassic World - Pitch Video

This is a concept teaser / video from a possible fourth installment in the Jurassic Park series, it was shown at a convention in Germany, and it looks... eh, well, very bad in my opinion. Maybe it's gonna have a subtitle like 3DD or something, like the Piranha movies had. Anyway, I just posted this because it's curious.


Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Cornetto Trilogy Trailer


Edgar Wright finished his trilogy about apocalyptic visions starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. First there was Shaun of the Dead with the two anti-heroes fighting against hordes of zombies, and it's still considered one of the best horror comedies. Next came Hot Fuzz with crazy cult followers and ritual killings, a whole little English town went crazy, but our heroes dealt with the situation once again. Finally there was The World's End, the final piece in the trilogy. This time they are against blue blooded robots who came from outer space and the fun is still there. It's rare to find a director who's movies are all high quality, intelligent, entertaining and a pleasure to watch. Check out the trilogy's feature trailer, then watch the three movies all together on a fine Saturday afternoon and have a blast!


Friday, September 6, 2013

Robocop - Trailer


Here is the first trailer for the upcoming Robocop remake directed by José Padilha. It looks very different than the original Paul Verhoeven one, which is a good thing, I'm just a little worried about the PG-13 rating, for sure it's not going to be as brutal as the original, but let's hope it will make up for it in different ways. The movie will be filled with great actors (Micheal Keaton, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, etc.) and the visuals also look promising. Coming next Feburary, check it out:

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Gravity - Feature Trailer


After the three short one shot trailers here is the full feature trailer for the upcoming sci-fi movie, Gravity. The movie is already considered as of the best space films ever made and this trailer just proves that it just might be true. I'm really looking forward to it, check it out the full trailer:

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Looper Music Videos

Here is a new music video from Dizzee Rascal for the track I Don't Need a Reason. The whole video is compiled from shorter or longer loops composed together in a nice fashion. You can't really see where one loop ends and another starts. Here is the video:


This video actually reminded of an old Chemical Brothers video: Star Guitar. The video is also compiled of loops creating an endless audio-reactive video experience, very different way but the outcome is even more impressive:



Finally here is another video from a decade ago, Kylie Minogue, Come Into My World, a really nice looper video, again using the technique in a very different but effective way:

Judith Ann Braun - Painting with fingers



Judith Ann Braun is a New York based artist creating geometrical style paintings on paper and canvas, the unique thing about her that she doesn't use brushes, she uses her own fingers to put the paint on the surface. At one point when were little I think all of us dipped our hands into paint and started creating an image, it's fascinating to see that this technique can be evolved into such level. She has some really interesting artwork, check out her website:






Monday, September 2, 2013

Asian directors 1. - Noboru Iguchi

Noboru Iguchi is a film director / actor, famous for creating the craziest movies in Japan, which is a big thing since the Asian cinema always been a little on the edge. His movies are not serious and not even good for that matter, but as a surreal gore-fest they really do their job. Noboru came from the adult video industry, his first "big hit" was Machine Girl, here is the trailer:


Later came Robo-geisha, putting the stakes even higher:


And finally here is his short film made for the ABC's of Death compilation horror feature, this just really takes the cake for me, F is for Fart:

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Tiny Media Empire



Daniel Danger (I'm not sure if that's his real name, seems a little too cool) is a young artist working in New England, creating beautiful paintings. He had already a few exhibitions and his website show only a small amount of works, but all of them are nicely crafted graphics with carefully selected colors, check him out:




Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Feng Zhu Designs



Feng Zhu Designs is concept art studio working for the biggest film studios and game developers, creating beautiful artwork. Their website is a real treat, and not only because of the endless amazing images but because it really shows that they love what they do and they want to spread the word. They have 65 and counting tutorial videos showing how they created certain images, commenting the process, telling the viewer things you wouldn't be able to know otherwise. Respect for that.

Here is their reel:

And here is the website you can find all those great artworks:




The known universe

Here is an animation showing in accurate scale the size of the known universe. It was a great idea because we are visual creatures and with this we can really see how small we are. See that is, not understand. Wow.


Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Rayman Legends


Rayman Origins was a great and fun game when it came out, it was like an interactive beautiful cartoon that you can play with, be a part of. Now here is the sequel, Rayman Legends, and it looks even better than the previous one. Check it out if you're into cartoon style and platform games.


Monday, August 26, 2013

The Backwater Gospel



The Blackwater Gospel is an animated short from 2011 directed by Bo Mathorne and produced by the Animation Workshop (www.animwork.dk). It's in 3D but the characters, backgrounds are very artistic, almost watercolor looking, really cool animated short with a bizarre story. Check it out:


Thursday, August 22, 2013

Interesting interactive website

Anasomnia.com is very nice little project introducing new ways of interaction in a very stylish fashion. You should check it out in the evening and you will need to have a webcam to fully experience the fun.



The world's largest stop-motion animation set

It's very short but nicely done, of course it looks like there is big money behind it, but still, must have been fun to work on. Check it out:


Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Amazing looking short film from a 22 years old animator

Kaleb Lechowski is 22 year old German arts student who by himself created an amazing looking animated scifi short. There are some shots which look like they belong in a 100 million + dollar movie from Hollywood - where his name is becoming more and more well known. I can only wish luck to this young kid, keep up the good work, rule Hollywood! Check it out!

R'ha 

Check out his DevinantArt page as well:
http://kaleblechowski.deviantart.com/

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Kanye West - Black Skinhead Music Video

Here is a really weird music video from Kanye West. I believe it's 100 percent animation, the movements are done with motion capture but they are exaggerated to the point where the whole thing becomes surreal. Very nice light and shadow play and plus point for not giving a shit about making it look perfect, there are a lot of "bugs" and visual mishaps in it, but hey, if everything would be perfect, nothing would be really... but that's already philosophy. Enjoy.


Ghost in the Shell - Innocence - Parade scene

Mamoru Oshii was always my favorite anime director next to Hayao Miyazaki. He directed such classics as the Patlabor series or Ghost in the Shell. Now he is working on live action features and one of them is a Patlabor movie coming out next year, I'm really looking forward to seeing it since I believe that he won't compromise and simplify anything in order to get a bigger audience. He ventured already once into live action movies with Avalon, which even if didn't become a major hit, it's considered a cult classic.

Here is a scene from the second installment of the G.I.T.S. movies, Innocence. This scene alone took over a year for the production crew to create, it's really a treat to look at, especially with Kenji Kawai's mesmerizing score. Check it out.



New Thief game coming out!

Back in the day when the first Thief game was out it was a totally different experience from the other fps games. Instead of being a one man army you had to hide, sneak in the dark, club people from behind, most importantly, stay in the shadows. The game was slow but very rewarding and the with the steampunk setting it was a very atmospheric ride too. It became an instant classic and it had two sequels: The Metal Age and The Dark Project (which was more like a DLC), and in 2000 the series ended... until now.

There is a new Thief game in development coming out in 2014, Feburary. Here are some videos from the upcoming game, they all look very stylish and dark, I really hope that the lovers of the old games will be able to grasp some of the originals atmosphere through this one. Looking forward to it.

Gamescom trailer:

Gameplay with commentary:

Monday, August 19, 2013

Mini Next

Here is a strange and very unique commercial for used! Mini cars. It reminds of  Matthew Barney's Cremaster movies. Nice symbolism, a lot of irony and a bold approach. Check it out:


Sunday, August 18, 2013

Music video directors: Chris Cunningham

Come to Daddy from Aphex Twin was the first music video that really shocked and impressed me at the same time. The concept of the whole video was just something completely new, and though there were strange and crazy clips, this just took the cake for me at that time. The visual style, colors, locations and post production was top notch and brutally dirty at the same time, and it worked like a charm. To this day I think this is Chris Cunningham director's best video, it became an instant classic:

Come to Daddy by Aphex Twin


Chris Cunningham got into the film industry very young, he became a concept artist and was even lucky enough to work with Stanley Kubrick on his movie AI, which sadly was finished (and fucked up) by Steven Spielberg. Anyway, C.C. did some robot concepts for him, but they stayed in the shelf for many years. Luckily, he could realize them in a video for Björk.

All is Full of Love by Björk


He made many really good music videos between 1996 and 2006. He also tried to do short films, but I think they were way too experimental to make a real stir. Here is one of his shorts:

Rubber Johnny, music by Aphex Twin


For many years he had a feature in pre-production, Neuromancer from Gibson, but sadly it never got realized. Lately there is not much information about C.C. He did a Gucci commercial a few years ago, and last year he did a video-remix of a Gil Scott-Heron track. I hope one day he will be back to his old productive self, whether it's music videos, shorts or feature films, his visual style should live on.

Here is his filmography, I can honestly say that all of these videos are worth checking out, there's something good and interesting in all of them:


Source: Wikipedia