Category Archives: satire

Dr Hairy – Appraisal Parts 1 & 2

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Appraisal Part #1 (2011, 232MB, 10:14 min)

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Appraisal Part #2 (2011, 151MB, 9:40 min)

Edward Picot’s bizarre and wonderful Dr Hairy series, the adventures of a hirsute
UK general practitioner coping with NHS (the NHS we love, don’t misunderstand us)
bureaucracy, continues with these first two episodes of Appraisal.
Picot’s comic timing just gets better & better (& occasionally strays into some
almost Beckettian territory) – it’s fascinating to watch a long
project like this unfold. If you missed the preceding episodes they’re here (as are some other
gems, some equally amusing, some altogether different in style and mood)

The Ice Cream Lift – Kristen Baumlier

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Ice Cream Lift (2003, 6.3MB, 2:07 min)

“In 1996, I started working on a project idea to change the
aesthetics of exericise. I became a “fitness guru” and made my
own 55-minute workout video where all 12 workouts used food as
exercise equipment. The music in the video is from bands that I knew
in CA, or bands that I listened to while working in my studio.”
Kristen Baumlier from Buns of Butter.

Run Wrake – Rabbit

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Rabbit (2006, 56MB, 8:20 min.)

Two kids find an idol in the belly of a rabbit.
Watch this wicked animated short movie by Run Wrake.
(thanks Michael Meiser)

William Wegman & Steve Martin

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Martin on Wegman (1999, 3.75MB, 2:09 min.)

The introduction to the identity program from the PBS series
Art in the 21st Century in which host Steve Martin is featured
in this charming and quirky video by the artist William Wegman.

HD VIDBLOG #119 – Research

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HD VIDBLOG #119 (2006, 5.9MB, 3:09 min.)

“Why would somebody make something like this?”
by Prof. Chris Weagel from “human-dog”.

Experiment – Ryan Dunn

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Experiment (2006, 28MB, 2:08 min.)

A Ryan Dunn video.
Moma & Seed Media Group..
from del.icio.us:media:video

‘Un Chien Andalou’ – Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí

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Un chien andalou (1929, 156MB, 15:40 min.)

This is just the source.
Can you imagine Cocteau, Deren, later Hitchcock & Cronenberg
without this?
Oh..more:- the whole of cinema would have a great gaping bloody gap
in it & what was left would be dull dull dull & Black Francis wouldn’t have been
able to write ‘Debaser’.
It simply prised open the language.
Afterwards, Bunuel went on to make some of the sharpest, most provocative
& disturbing films of the 20th century & Dali went on to
…well… be Dali.

The Head of Raymond K – Bottom Union

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The Head of Raymond K (2006, 25.3 MB, 2:50 min.)

“Did any of this happen? Should I quit drinking coffee?
Do I exist? Am I only a construct in the mind of some insane norwegian?
Should I quit my job? Change my head?
These are only a few of the existential questions you might ask yourself
when you venture into the head of Raymond K.“
Part 2 of 5 from Bottom Union

Josh Weinstein – “Cross Examination”

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Cross Examination (2005, 11.4MB, 5:40 min)

Made in 2005, this is a really extraordinary piece for lots of reasons:

(1) It’s so carefully made ( & must have taken no little work)
(2) The chutzpah quotient is almost 100%
(3) There is more here than meets the eye
(4) The use of music (in its second appearance very reminiscent
of the school of Rifle/Hartley but spot on nonetheless)
(5) The warmth, genuine warmth; the real insight into people

As you see here Josh Weinstein, Brooklyn based film maker
does a lot of work for corporate clients. Hmmm.
Really, all you can think is, on the basis of this, they get way,
way more & better than they could possibly deserve.

Two Short Movies from Nick Fox-Gieg

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Disarmed (2002, 15.8 MB, 2:42 min.)

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Mother of All Bombs (2003, 9.5 MB, 1:45 min.)

Nick Fox-Gieg is an animator and theatrical designer.
His short films have been shown at the Rotterdam and Ottawa film festivals,
at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and on Canada’s CBC TV.

The Internet – Aaron Valdez

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The Internet (2006, 5.3MB, 1:03 min.)

2006 report from Valdezatron Industries technology department.
from Aaron Valdez.

“Next To Heaven” Returns for a Second Season

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DuPont (2011, 25 MB, 2:42 min.)

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Smokey (2011, 25 MB, 2:45 min.)

A couple of previews from Rob Parrish

Edward Picot: Dr Hairy in Frank Talking #3

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Frank Talking #3 (2010, 278MB, 10:01 min)

Latest instalment in Edward Picot’s Dr Hairy saga which feels like
a weird amalgam of Oliver Postgate, soap and Carry On.
It’s interesting to observe how bold, deft & convincing Picot has become with the lo-fi
techniques he deploys in these and, furthermore, how engaging the actual
narrative is.
Great stuff!

“Toe Jam” by Keith Schofield

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Toe Jam (2009, 23MB, 3:27 min.)

A number of people get naked in “Toe Jam”, The BPA featuring
David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal. Directed by Keith Schofield.

The Summer of Van Torre – Human Dog

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European Vacation (2005, 25.6 MB, 2:18 min.)

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Morning Routine (2005, 44.3 MB, 4:34 min.)

The Summer of Van Torre was hugely popular in 2005 in video blogging circles.
The wepisodes recount the life of Jon VanTorre, each week bringing him closer
to total cardiac arrest with Ether Baths, Spider-Man Nightmares, and Meat Sandwiches.
The series (which began in 2001) was presented online in 05 by Human Dog.

Here is an interview (2005, 67.5 MB, 13 min.) by Josh Leo with writers & directors
Jon VanTorre, Michael Schwartz and Chris Weagel.

Monochrom – The Earth Has Been Destroyed

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The Earth Has Been Destroyed (2010, 194MB, 5:06 min)

Something new from the splendidly sideways Austrian art/mischief wranglers
Monochrom is always welcome and this piece is no exception.
Absurd ( Popcorn for Chrissakes!!), just about hanging together,
but hanging together artfully nonetheless; even a little bit chilling too.

Other Monochrom stuff on DVblog.

Patrick Lichty #4

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Blown Away(2003, 3MB, 52 secs)

Mental Profiling
Mental Profiling (2003, 7MB, 2:15min)

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The New Saint of Louisiana (2003, 4MB, 41 secs)

Three more from Patrick Lichty.
Again- hard to believe these were made seven long digital years* ago.
Not a lot to add, except I approve his taste for Tuvan throat singing.

*Digital years a bit like dog years, of course.

Patrick Lichty Season – #3

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The New Miranda (2003, 38MB, 2:17 min)

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Blooper – Voodoo Chicks (200?, 1MB, 16 secs)

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The Engines of Truth (2000?, 20MB, 5:08 min)

Our Patrick Lichty season resumes after quite the longest break ever,
partly because I misplaced the files he so generously gave us
in 2007.
Looking through these again it comes home very forcefully what
a significant role Lichty played in the development of a new language of art video,
one contemporaneous with the birth pangs and development of net art & later to
feed centrally into online art practice.
The pieces still impress as hugely imaginative and sometimes challenging
and apart from their physical size and compression don’t appear time worn
at all. In fact, in many ways they seem amazingly prescient, perhaps
even ahead of their time.

More soon.

Some Frank Talking from Edward Picot

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Frank Talking #1 (2010, 157 MB, 9:59 min.)

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Frank Talking #2 (2010, 247 MB, 9:51 min.)

Two more episodes in Edward Picot’s satirical but affectionate
insider view of the British NHS.

                                                                               previously…

Brian Bress – tshirt mummy

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tshirt mummy (2005, 16 MB, 3:25 min.)

by Brian Bress.

Herbert Wentscher – All For the Best

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All For the Best

Old Fashioned Medicine

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Latest episode in Edward Picot’s splendid Dr Hairy sequence.

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Amazing

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Amazing (2005, 4.1MB, 2:02 min.)

I found this in my DVblog to-do folder & embarassingly
I can’t remember when or from where I downloaded it.*
If anyone can oblige please mail us.
Anyway, it made me laugh quite immoderately.

* Update -the splendid Sam Renseiw rides to the rescue with
this link.

Edward Picot – Dr Hairy’s Address to the Nation

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Dr Hairy’s Address to the Nation (2010, 69 MB, 9:42 min)

With the UK general election coming up on Thursday
here’s Edward Picot’s Dr Hairy putting in his three penn’orth.

Whilst previous efforts have been more straighforwardly satirical
this is simply, and quite splendidly, barking…

Because it *is* funny ( the vicar punchline being my favourite)
it’s easy to overlook how much Picot has developed as
a filmmaker -there’s a quite individual and original syntax at work here,
deployed confidently and effectively throughout.

Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat on Politics

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Borat on politics (2004, 25MB, 3:31 min)

Wiki Borat. More Borat on DVblog.

Wreck & Salvage – Shirts Get Dirty

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Shirts Get Dirty (2009, 27 MB, 1:09 min)

By Wreck & Salvage.

Simple Do

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Pictures of Assholes – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Pictures of Assholes (2006, 6.8MB 3.44Min.)

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt takes on those pesky celebrity-hounding paparazzi
with a novel new approach, his own video camera (and an impressive amount of patience).
In doing so, he manages to turn the entire relationship on it’s head with true situationist flair.
I found it fascinating to experience this from his perspective, and then, I was kind of shocked
that more famous people don’t do things like this and then publish it online?

I mean, if they really want us normal people to feel sympathy for what their fame and our culture of celebrity worship does to their daily lives..
In any case, Levitt is clearly a cut above, go see whatever movies he’s in.

By Mica.

The Return of Dr Hairy

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Private Charges ( 2010, 51MB, 9:59)

Another bit of pointed fun from the team who brought you
the original Dr Hairy movie.
Made me laugh a lot, especially the superb timing and the
gratuitous cruelty to toy animals.
Shouldn’t need saying, especially with this one, but, US
viewers, please see the disclaimer on the original post.