Alfred Hitchcock always made sure that he was appearing once in each of his movies. Probably first because it reduced slightly costs, then for the sheer fun of it.
Category: Cinema
Happy Birthday HAL-9000!
It’s on January 12th, 1992 that, according to Arthur C. Clarke, was born HAL-9000, the computer from “2001, A space Odyssey” (the book from Arthur C. Clarke and the movie from Stanley Kubrick). Actually, the first time it was powered on. So, it is exactly 23-year old today. Happy birthday HAL-9000! HAL-9000 is an Artificial… Read More
Maintenance Percussive from Duncan Robson on Vimeo. No need for an engineer’s degree!
Mountains in motion
A lovely movie that has been collecting awards for the amazingly beautiful landscapes and time-lapse sequences of night and day mountain images from the Canadian Rockies. Vimeo link I heartfully recommend this mountain photo-sequence or video; I don’t know how to describe it. But I love it.
The sea of pianos
I recently received an email from Tom Wrigglesworth inviting me to have a look at a recently published video. Usually, I let such requests go by (if they are not just caught and dumped by my anti-spam filter). Sometimes, I have a look at them. Today, I was stopped by the sheer simplicity of this… Read More
Symetry
Symmetry from Everynone on Vimeo.
Here comes Summer with its trail of cute little dresses for the beach and bathing suits. But, for Star Wars fans, it’s time to rush for these extreme suits perfect for planet Hott. Shop at http://shop.blackmilkclothing.com/ (Sorry! Out of stock now).
Indigen – Animation short movie
Man against Nature. Wildlife in Africa. YouTube link
Short film: Tune for Two (2011)
“Tune for Two (2011)” by alfa primo. Tune for Two (2011) from alfa primo on Vimeo.
Rien de grave – Short movie
What is nice with short movies is that there is no time for sleeping it out. Dramatisation has to be intense. “Rien de grave” with Jean Dujardin fits the definition. Since it is in French, you will have to understand this language, though. YouTube link
(Nearly) every Alfred Hitchcock cameo
You certainly knew that the great movie director, Alfred Hitchcock, was used to, first in order to reduce budgets, then merely for fun, keep one little cameo appearance in each of his movies, sometimes even a small role. An Internet user collected them all (nearly) in a single sequence. YouTube link
This is a very old age for a web site, but they actually started before the web, in 1990, as a set of scripts on Usenet group rec.arts.movies. Today, IMDB is a major web database full of details about movies and the movie industry. Happy Birthday IMDB!
Zoom into the Mandelbrot set
The fashion of drawing fractals is a memory of the past (it was probably linked to the first appearance of computers able to collate the computing power for the needed calculations and the display capacity for complex images). But the pleasure is all mine to find this HD video which sends us into a Mandelbrot… Read More
Nuit Blanche
Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo. “Nuit Blanche” by Arev Manoukian (Spy Films).
The cat’s duet
A great classic piece of music from Rossini, Duetto buffo di due gatti is interpreted here by two young singers whose countenance is all the more appreciated for their honorable clothes and the Korean public that appreciated a lot the unexpected performance. YouTube link
Old jews telling jokes
It looks a little like advertising a DVD, but I had some real fun listening to these: video link Go to the web site for more: Old jews telling jokes.
Coffee in space for New Year’s Day
E.T.A. by JUNK from Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen on Vimeo. Vimeo HD link
Hug a shark today!
Sharks are amazing killing machines, very efficient predators of the seas. But they are not only that. They also have some behaviors that could be described as interesting, astonishing, amazing, curious or mind-boggling (depending on your state of mind and what you think about the interaction between sharks and divers). YouTube link May I parallel… Read More
Depressing Christmas carol
YouTube link
A giant stingray
So, scuba divers, did you dive on a stingray as beautiful as this one already? YouTube link