I just love how filthy gorgeous this video looks. Seeing whipped cream sprayed slowly into a thin model’s mouth feels so right and so wrong. Somewhere, I’d like think Chris Cunningham is smiling.
Archive for August, 2008
Simian Mobile Disco: Hustler
August 28, 2008
Lykke Li – “Breaking It Up”
August 22, 2008
Ah, I continually watch this music video for the end, where the camera speeds up and Lykke Li’s hair slows down, down, down. She is definitely mesmerizing, and the song is equally haunting.
Russian Dolls: The Street of Ideal Proportions
August 17, 2008
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. What is Romain Duris doing, messing up this beautiful shot? I wish they didn’t show his cut-away. I may be straight, but the slow motion on this woman is so gorgeous that for her, I’d reconsider.
Cashback
August 16, 2008
While I didn’t particularly like this film (Sean Biggerstaff’s acting, mostly), I must admit that the movie’s relationship to time is mouth-wateringly gorgeous. Here’s a clip that I think is a good sampler of all the time changes used.
Probably the Best 2 Slow Motion Music Videos Ever.
August 15, 2008
Fucking great. Almost as great as Kanye’s denial of it being worthy of the MTV Europe Awards.
I know some people claim that Weezer’s “Sweater Song” isn’t slow motion because it was, in fact, filmed at double speed, but its effect is clearly the same as a high-speed [...]