A nostalgic short with the distinctly 1970s aesthetic from New York animation studio Dress Code in which legendary Arsenal goalie Bob Wilson reflects on his gruelling and often surreal experience as the “only individual in the team game”.
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The eerie red-hued cityscape of San Francisco this week, appropriately set to the sound of Hans Zimmer’s score for ‘Blade Runner: 2049’ by Terry Tsai.
Full screen and sound up as you complete a Voight Kampff test.
Related: The Bear Area
The ungainly looking but fairly effective mud-sucking filter feeding of flamingoes at San Diego Zoo. To wit:
Filter-like plates called lamella trap shrimp and other aquatic creatures before dispersing the rest through the sides of their bills.
You Good?
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Or a bit of an uncaring monster? The School Of Life sez:
Whether or not we count as a good person depends on an unexpected but crucial ingredient.
Previously: Work That The Devil Makes…
A benign scene at a sushi restaurant quickly descends into an indictment of marine plastic pollution in this excellent short by Canada-based animator PoChien-Chen, inspired by a visit to a small Taiwanese island two years ago, of which he sez:
It was the closest I’d lived to the sea, being only a 10 minute drive away. Everyone can enjoy the beach with its white sand and turquoise ocean. At the time, I went snorkeling almost every week. Seeing such alluring tropical fish and coral reefs sill lingers in my mind. However, I also cannot forget the scenes of tons of human waste lying around the shore as if it were a part of nature.
Here’s how he did it.
An award-winning and very charming National School Of Film And Television student claymation by Greek animator Fokion Xenos in which two kids on the beach find a simple way to chill everyone out.
Summer’s over, isn’t it?
Mmff.
A minimalist short by London-based animator David Zamorano featuring a sniper holding out with his captured prisoner during the downfall of a nuclear conflict – a take on the absurdity of war and the maddening stress of isolation and loneliness.
A new, unhinged episode of DOMO Dreams for Adult Swim Smalls by Jack Wedge.
Just let it wash over you.