John Cage and Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Sound?? (1966)
An amazing video combining the talents of Rahsaan Roland Kirk and John Cage. The video questions the definition of sound…
THE BOMB
A twisted video by NODDINGCAT which looks at the devastating effects a nuclear war would have on the world.
Limbo - The Organized Mind (1974)
A short film by Jim Henson with music from Raymond Scott.
There is another short called Ripples at youtube.
Cutting Edge - The Magic of Movie Editing
Great documentary about the history of film editing and its importance in film production.
Found via the excellent Educational Television blog .
Bill Viola - Sweet Light 1977
An early video from contemporary video artist Bill Viola.
Claude Lelouch - Rendezvous
‘On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.’
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a DVD release a few years ago.”
