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Archive | October, 2015
DyE – Fantasy (NSFW)
4 OctTruly, I wish I didn’t have to ruin some of the surprise in the turn that this video takes, but I’m afraid for this selection I do need to warn viewers that there are some disturbing visuals in this one. The music remains entrancingly chill though.
Plataeux (2015)
3 Oct
Kaleidoscopic, generative projections mapped to laser cut layers by Australian media artist Kit Webster.
“The Point” (1971)- concept and music by Harry Nilsson, directed by Henry Wolf
3 OctIdo’s post the other day featuring the 1977 Israeli animation “The Banana Bender”, made me think of the lovely 1971 film “The Point”. Created by musician Harry Nilsson, the animated film follows the travels of Oblio and his dog Arrow as they escape the oppression of their pointy headed countrymen.
Nilsson’s explained synthesis of The Point: “I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to points. I thought, ‘Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn’t, then there’s a point to it.’”-Jacobson, Alan (May 2004). “What’s The Point? The Legendary 1971 Animated Feature on DVD”. Bright Lights Film Journal (44). ISSN 0147-4049
Nilsson’s soundtrack is sweet, melancholy and lovely. Here is an excerpt featuring one of my favorites, “Think About Your Troubles”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2O3cUN8yWk
And another groovy one “Are You Sleeping” where the animation team makes fun use out of the optical printer and animated morphs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At2IIzug0WQ
The entire 75 minute film can be streamed here:
The Banana Bender – Arik Einstein (1977)
2 OctIn 1977 the Arnei Lipsei and Dudu Shalita from the Ein Gedi studios in Israel created this rare video for the classic 1968 song “Mekofef Habananot” (The Banana Bender) by Israeli singer Arik Einstein. The topic of the song is a mysterious creature that lives in the trees and that is responsible for bending bananas and giving them their curved shape, as well as adding cracks and holes to the various fruits and vegetables.
This was the first colored animation video produced in Israel, and the style reminds one of classic 1970s psychedelic animation. Hope you enjoy it.
The Daily Psychedelic Video 