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One Of The Best Short Films EVER!!!


Frank Film, Frank MOURIS, 1973 by shortanimatedworld

I can’t believe I have lived so long without having encountered this film before. It won an Oscar in 1973 for Best Animated Short. Even with the commercial interruption and poor resolution it made my list of Best Shorts ever. What’s on your list?

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The Whole World Must Spin For One Leaf To Fall

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We All Have To Sell Out Sometime…

Maybe my day will come. To make our art, we need someone to give us money, generally speaking. Hell, to pay for our health insurance or our kids’ education, we need some to pay for us to make some kind of art.

Even Jean Luc Godard made commercials. Here’s one he did for Schick Aftershave:

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I Love NYC (& Time-lapse Photography)

Thanks to Gothamist for the tip on Josh Owens aka Mindrelic.com ‘s time-lapse photography!

NYC – Mindrelic Timelapse from Mindrelic on Vimeo.

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You Create Your Way, I Will Create Mine

The Human Spirograph:

I enjoy repetitive movement as much as the next, but somehow I don’t think I could find “the music in these circles”.


Thanks for the tip BrainPickings!

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Where’s The AllMashUp AllTheTime Station?

And beyond this great clip (and The Grey Album, GirlTalk, & BiggieHendrix) what else plays on it?

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Capturing An Artist At Work

Black Palace is a Mexican-based street art installation by the NY-based artist WK. This short doc on it’s installation is pretty great unto itself.