February, 2010 Archive

News

Big Art, Little Debt

Was a time when the filmmaker’s strategy began with the gamble of maxed out credit cards and (hopefully) ended with the win of an acquisition bidding war

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Animation

Pivot

Sometimes you can tell from the opening frames of a short film, just how much you’re going to love it! With Pivot, I knew the moment I saw it’s

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News

The Extended Take

Just found this fantastic article from Mike Le at Geek Week highlighting the 20 Greatest Extended Takes in Movie History, complete with embedded Videos.

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News

The Movie Title Stills Collection

You’ve probably gathered that we’re more than a little keen on movie title sequences here at DN; something about text making its way across the

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News

Viral Magic

Viral video seems to be one of the most popular methods of advertisement in recent years and hitting the internet with a bit of video trickery seems to be a

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN155: The VICE Guide to Liberia – Shane Smith & Andy Capper

I’m very pleased to welcome Andy Capper back to the show, to discuss the journey he and VICE founder, Shane Smith, took into the dangerous heart of

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Music Video

Damn You Noah Baumbach

Miranda July did it first. She stole a song I really wanted to use in one of my films. I mean really wanted to use Spiritualized’s cover of The

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Animation, Music Video

NASA

Not content with turning out one of the most interesting Hip-Hop albums of ’09, N.A.S.A. also seem intent on releasing some of the most interesting

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Animation

The Wonder Of Wes

Regardless of what you think about Wes Anderson he is a unique force in contemporary cinema. An auteur in the classic sense with his visual, aural, tonal stamp

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Animation

KANIZSA HILL

Another person is shot and can only survive as a head and a body who exist independently from one another. The forgetful body desperately collects souvenirs,

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Animation

A.D. Zombie Teaser

Pardon my French, but this teaser for animated zombie flick A.D. looks shit the bed great! Info on the project is sparse, but there’s a decent interview

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Animation

Nuit Blanche

It takes a lot to distract me from my breakfast, but this morning I nearly spat my cornflakes out at the dazzling majesty of Arev Manoukian’s Nuit

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