Amerikuh (2006, 6.88MB, 1:32 min)
Neat satirical mash-up by Brian Liloia,
made for ( &, I gather, a semi-finalist at) the
stockstock film festival, so doubly impressive
when you consider he was allocated
the footage.
Nice work – hats off!
Category Archives: satire
Silas & Mange
Silas & Mange (1927, 14MB, 4 min.)
I have always had a thing for silent films.
Rob Sosin and Kevin Maher star in these twisted vignettes,
the restored (1999) films of long dead silent picture stars Silas and Mange.
from Thrillomedy.com
Belleville Rendez-Vous
Belleville Rendez-Vous (2003, 6.2MB, 2:08 min.)
A deliciously dark and twisted French comic animation film
in which a “Tour de France” cyclist is kidnapped by the Mafia.
Directed by Sylvain Chomet.
House of Cosbys
House of Cosbys (2005, 10MB, 5 min.)
from Channel 101.
This video should recieve lots of attention because it is really really
funny. Instead, it made the papers because Bill Cosby’s lawyers
threatened Channel 101 and their video hosting service with
cease and desist letters.
By Mica Scalin.
Midnight in The Deli – MTAA
MTAA in The Studio (2006, 33MB, 5:49 min.)
MTAA’s ’10 Pre-Rejected, Pre-Approved Performances’, was included in
Performa05. The work, selected by an online voting process is described as follows:
An installation is created with $100 worth of materials bought at the nearest
24-hour ATM-enabled deli or convienance store.
The materials are purchased at midnight.
In this video, Mica interviews MTAA in their studio &
gets the lowdown on this project and more.
By Mica Scalin.
“Je suis Marxiste, tendence Groucho”
from ‘A Night at the Opera’ (1935, 1.6MB, 50 sec.)
from ‘A Night at the Opera’ (1935, 1.7MB, 1:19 min.)
From the excellent & mind-bogglingly comprehensive
‘Night at the Opera’ treasury, two clips from the Marx Brothers classic,
the first of which includes the best punchline ever, no argument, the best.
Improv Everywhere – Jumper
Suicide Jumper (2005, 8MB, 4 min.)
Improv Everywhere strikes again.
This is a video of a sketch performed,
unannounced, on the streets of NYC.
By Mica Scalin.
Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat on Republicans
borat on republicans (2004, 9.1MB, 4:10 min)
“Lunch with Arizona Republican Committee”
More Athens strangeness
Dance, Motherfucker, Dance! (2006, 7.4MB, 3:22 min)
Epiphany (2006, 1.9MB, 11 sec loop)
From the town that brought you Boling & Morales here’s more,
this time from John Crowe of ‘plural medium’
Is it something in the water or just that unrelenting Southern sun
that seems to make Athens a crucible of weirdness?
Be afraid, be very afraid &c.
Music for the delicately entitled Dance, Motherfucker, Dance! by the
Violent Femmes.
Google Gaaagled
The Adventures of Confucius (2006, 8.5MB, 36 sec.)
Heartbroke’n and Gaaagle’d (2006, 1.9MB, 52 sec.)
Couple of movies from gaaagle.com,
a site thhat was set up to protest & satirize Google’s
decision last year to see, rather than do,
no evil.