viral video
08/14/2007
Women In Film
YouTuber Eggman 913 sure does like his muses morphed. A couple of months ago, he posted the gorgeous Women in Art, which chronicled the history of the female face in Western painting. As each lovely mug gradually transformed in a new one, Eggman not only made his main point (namely, the painters always have and always will love pretty girls), it also became clear that the technology he was employing functioned as a fascinating tool to investigate on the evolution of the art form.
Now Eggman has taken on another genre of women -- movie stars. From silents to talkies, Pickford to Theron, we present the evolution of the leading lady. Here's the full list: Mary Pickford,
Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Shearer, Ruth
Chatterton, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Bette
Davis, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Vivien Leigh, Greer Garson, Hedy
Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, Olivia de Havilland, Ingrid
Bergman, Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Loretta Young, Deborah Kerr,
Judy Garland, Anne Baxter, Lauren Bacall, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner,
Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak,
Audrey Hepburn, Dorothy Dandridge, Shirley MacLaine, Natalie Wood, Rita
Moreno, Janet Leigh, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Ann Margret, Julie
Andrews, Raquel Welch, Tuesday Weld, Jane Fonda, Julie Christie, Faye
Dunaway, Catherine Deneuve, Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Isabella
Rossellini, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon,
Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sigourney Weaver, Kathleen Turner,
Holly Hunter, Jodie Foster, Angela Bassett, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone,
Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Salma Hayek, Sandra Bullock, Julianne Moore,
Diane Lane, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angelina Jolie,
Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon, and Halle Berry.
08/10/2007
Michael Cera/Jonah Hill Interview Goes Superbad
Continuing the trend of grassroots viral campaigns (a la Knocked Up), here the stars of Superbad are provoked into an on-camera meltdown by a relentless press junket interviewer -- or are they? Probably not, since the interviewer happens to be Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright, who also did the faux trailer “Don’t” for Grindhouse.
Although the trend of fake interviews and cast freak-outs is becoming prevalent, the reactions of Michael Cera and Jonah Hill are so realistic we had to take another look. However, there’s an subtle tongue-in-check quality to the interview, and Jonah and Michael are in Superbad character (Wright even admits, “It’s like in the--he’s like he is in the film.”), and the gratuitous reprise “What does it mean to be Superbad?” brings it all together.
07/31/2007
CPDRC: Behind the Music with the "'Thriller' Prison"
Since we last covered CPDRC, the Philippine prison where inmates perform "Thriller" and other eye-popping routines, public interest has skyrocketed. So we were very excited to find this video, which goes behind-the-scenes to explain the progressive but strict policies that go into running this state-of-the-art facility.
Don't go thinking this place is a candyass Shangri-La with about as much penal punch as theater camp. Jazz hands or no jazz hands, CPDRC runs a tight ship, with an absolutely-no-gangs policy, plus and an intricate system of guard teams that heads off personal politics and corruption at the pass by preventing inmate/guard familiarity. While job training and other programs keep the focus on the end goal of rehabilitation, make no mistake -- this is still hard core hard time.
But if you're just interested in the dance program, you can skip ahead to about 5:12 or so.
07/16/2007
Bobbing for Glasses
This follow-up to the hit "Shades" (a viral promotion for Ray-Ban sunglasses) lacks some of the original's shock and awe factor, taking a more low-key approach. The trick photography and special effects still dazzle, though, and when these two gentlemen are done proving their skill at putting on glasses underwater, you'll still be scratching your head, wondering how they did it.