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Edward McNally grew up on the same street as John Hughes in Northbrook, Illinois, and may have been the inspiration or template for Ferris Bueller.
For one of those Chicago adventures, we secretly borrowed a car almost as ridiculously conspicuous as the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT in the movie: my dad's purple Cadillac El Dorado (yes, purple). Put an extra 113 miles on the odometer. Hoping to erase that telltale mileage, we raised the back on a pair of jacks and ran the car in reverse. The Caddy did not fly backward into a ravine, as in the film. What it did do is quickly take off a clean 10,000 miles. Oops. (Yes, you bet he noticed.)
Chicago Tribune goes behind the scenes at a Netflix warehouse outside of Chicago, one of 58 secretive warehouses around the world. It's a fascinating read.
Indeed, one of the few things about the building that suggested it was not a meth lab was that, at sunrise, the parking lot was full -- shifts begin at 3 a.m. The busiest time is around 7 a.m., but as I entered, the first thing I noticed was how silent it was. No one was chatting.
What kind of people wait in line all day for a chance to be an extra in the next "Sex and the City" movie? These people, including apparently an off-season Kris Kringle.
This one weirds me out.
Harry Potter and Voldemort settle things the way us Brooklynites handle beef: a freestyle rap battle. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTHn5oFPmi8&fmt=18]
You can't touch the dark side especially when they are killing it with these dance moves. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbjrUOSss_o&fmt=18]
[The frightful roars of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park have been hilroariously replaced with them saying "hi!" [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prgm4eKq6d4&fmt=18]
Among the many steps involved in the process of developing an animated film, especially ones as complex as those produced by Pixar, a color script is created, which is used by the filmmakers "to get a feel of the colour, mood, and visual atmosphere of the film." Check out these high res color script used in the production of Pixar's latest brilliant "Up." Of course if you haven't seen it yet and plan on doing so, here's your spoiler warning.
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This video directed by Michael Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Dave Chapelle's Block Party") is an oldie but goodie. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4&fmt=18]
Here's a round up of entries I've posted lately on Sundance Channel's SUNfiltered blog. I think you'll find something of interest in this pile-o-neat. And if you enjoy any of these entries, please feel free to spam your friends. They'll thank you afterwards.
- A polite umbrella solution for those crowded streets on rainy days.
- A cool art exhibit poking fun at Jeff Koons.
- Graphic visualization of the amount of space various forms of transportation takes up.
- 12 creative typefaces.
- Pratt's students designs made for just a dolla dolla bill ya'll.
- 2 new brand logos for a post-bankruptcy General Motors.
- 20th anniversary of "Tank Man."
- 5 (cool IMHO) music videos.
- Don't toss those maxed out credit cards. Here are 10 practical or creative alternative uses for them!
- Construction FAIL. It wasn't meant to end like this!
- Benny Chan's neat traffic related photo exhibit at Pasadena.
- Evolution of a dance party.
- '70s BE BACK! Disco ball art.
- Frank Lloyd Wright's appearance on this old episode of Whats My Line?
- None of you are unique as this project highlights.
- Wikipedia book project. 5,000 freakin' pages.
- A very cool video note-by-note visualization that follows along with John Coltrane’s seminal jazz recording “Giant Steps” from the 1959 album of the same name.
- Guess this movie in four images or less!
Also, Diane von Furstenberg guest blogged recently on SUNfiltered with her thoughts on the new High Line park!
Saw Pixar's UP in 3D last Thursday. Thought it was brilliant. Seeing this laundry list of easter eggs in the film makes me want to view it again. [Thanks for the head's "up" Moye!]
Where's Waldo during Fashion Week?
Universal picked up the rights to Waldo and is preparing to adapt it to the big screen as a live action film. Ugh.
The plot of that project revolved around Waldo, now 30, ending up traveling through time after accidentally activating a malfunctioning travel machine.
I can't believe I've never noticed this before with movie trailers. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gbjmjgfnpg&fmt=18]
Here's a shameless plug once again with links to some of the items I've posted at Sundance Channel's groovy blog SUNfiltered over the past few days. Check them out! You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it. What? I don't know.
- The Fight Club Theory as applied to Ferris Bueller.
- A really cool chair! Yay chair!
- An eerie short film and yet so delicious to the eye.
- Weekly round up of cool music videos.
- What if a real life human being was your computer operating system and UI?
- What if all those YouTube famous people were removed from their videos?
To quote Lionel Richie, "Hello." Here are some AWESOME (said an *cough*anonymous critic) entries I've posted for the Sundance Channel at SUNfiltered. If you enjoyed any of them, please spam your friends and share the link with them! KTHNXBI.
- This week is the anniversary of a dude who scaled the World Trade Tower.
- The scariest Goofy movie ever.
- The longest handshake ever.
- Movie posters recreated with LEGO.
- If you like puns you'll love these posters.
- Round up of music videos that I thought were coolio. No actual Coolio videos were involved however.
- Neat street art in Barcelona.
- Desks of famous men.
- New York City MTA's new slogan?
- Photographs by blind photographers.
- T-shirts I like.
You can view a complete listing of all my SUNfiltered entries here.
I saw Terminator this weekend. Verdict: Meh. Save yourself the 12 bucks and go get a sandwich instead from Porchetta.
More interesting than the movie is the director's name, McG. Frankly it's a real asshole-y sounding name, but the explanation is pretty straightforward.
"Believe me, I know, people hear the name and they just think, 'That guy must be a jerk,' " the 38-year-old said with a groan. "And having it hasn't helped me, that's for sure. But it's what everybody has called me forever."
The moniker wasn't handed to him at a college keg party or when McG worked as a top music video director during the 1990s; it was hung around his neck by his parents who put "Joseph McGinty Nichol" on his birth certificate back in Kalamazoo, Mich., but then decided "McG" would be a tidy way to avoid household confusion since the boy's grandfather and uncle were also named Joseph.
Other asshole-y sounding names: Stone Phillips, Vin Diesel, and Joseph Stalin.