The In Crowd

"Inspired to Gogols short story entitled "The Nose" from The Petersburg Tales director, Yi Zhou has written her latest short film about the absurd story of the loss of an ear. The ear is actually the key element of the film, shot in RED and partly to be made in 3d animation.

Throughout the film, the ear and inner ear as a whole turn themselves into an EarBrige as they get crossed by a bridge. The EarBridge is part of a public project proposal for Baku, Azerbaijan that includes a number of important international contemporary artists."

CREDITS:

Directed by Yi Zhou. Music by Ennio Morricone. Costumes by Rick Owens and BBC Ice Cream (natch).

Part one:

Part two:

[via DJ Vlad]

Notes on the video:

"The footage was apparently filmed by some students back in '67, showing a typical night at the mod club of the day (in Halifax that is). The film was funded by the BBC and apparently still sits in the BBC archives in its entirety."

Only flaw to the clip is the overlay of an (admittedly nice) track by The Impressions in the background instead of leaving whatever the original music was playing when the footage was shot. Still an amazing clip though if you are into 60's mod culture. [clip via Mod Culture, natch!]

Live at the 'Christmas in Washington 2008' show.

The Italian Job meets Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels? 

Online:

The Bank Job - UK website  |  US website 

Click here for more info. 

I missed the free screening in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn this past weekend but this documentary about the exploding Nigerian film industry is still worth noting. Check out the trailer here.

Online: Website