Modern world I’m not pleased to meet you
… you just bring me down…
For the uninitiated, the above line comes from Wolf Parade's "Modern World." It's sort of a lament about the increasing technologization of society – a point brought home by the video (found here). It's nothing that hasn't been done before – stop-motion animation popularized by the White Stripes' "Fell in Love with a Girl" video with Legos comes to mind, among others – but it's brilliantly executed. I was almost going to start talking about the cinematography and editing, but, let me just say, check it out, it's fucking cool.
tim said,
April 13, 2006 at 9:39 pm
there are not enough comments about how cool this video is. namely, there are zero comments on that subject. There are also zero comments period, which is already outperforming my subpar blog (sublog?)
very cool video, thanks for the link. We’re seeing them on Tuesday, so neener neener neener. I love stop-motion animation videos; I’d like to do some myself except WHERE THE HELL DO YOU GET STOP-MOTION CAMERAS THESE DAYS. Also, I want to make some videos on plexiglass shot from underneath but wth fingerpaint (or rather, the fingerpaint that never dries) and be able to do some really cool artsy movies/music videos in that manner.
erica said,
April 19, 2006 at 7:25 pm
hi, you’re becoming a worser blogger than me. worser, it’s a word. update!
tim said,
April 19, 2006 at 10:45 pm
SERIOUSLY DUDE I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT AMERICAN IDOL