An excerpt from an interview recorded in 2010 with the late great Alan Rickman in which he gives his take on the importance of listening – essential for actors and just about everyone else. To wit:
What you have to say is completely incidental. All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening. And then what you have to say will become automatic.
zefrank takes a break from true facts about animals (and how they do) with an exploration of the inner dialogue of cats in counselling.
Previously: True Facts About The Bolus Spider
A tribute to the tunes of 1979 by Chicago mashup crew The Hood Internet: 50 classics deftly interweaved in a three minute mix.
We would.
An elaborate LEGO Technics rollercoaster created by LEGO builder Shadow Elenter, driven by 17 separate motors, tested on one unfortunate minifig.
An impressive, award-winning mashup of live action, animation and moveable sculpture by filmmaker Daisy Jacobs and animator Chris Wilder telling the story of an acrimonious marriage from the perspective of two siblings.
Do you turn for a lathe? Is engraving etched deep in your psyche? Are your pockets filled with brass shavings right now?
If so, then clear 20 minutes, you deviant, and watch as an intricately detailed 24k gold plated card press is hand made for puzzle collector Chris Ramsey by master metalsmith and watchmaker Clickspring.
A very impressive 15 minute short by Australian director Christopher Weekes, featuring Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale, blending live action with seamless VFX and puppetry to tell a dark tale of identity, discrimination and ultimately, self acceptance.
It’s not Sesame-Street.
In a follow-up to their recent feature on the never-ending struggle of ant against ant, German educational design studio Kurzgesagt focuses on the smallest and most unlikely combatant in that war: Linepithema humile, the Argentine ant.
Previously: World War A
An animated music video for Quebecois band Corridor by Jonathan Robert and Gabriel Favreau in which we ascend via stairs, lifts and cable cars though a bewildering structure toward an encounter with the almighty computer that controls all.
An entertaining short by Seth Porges and Chris Charles telling the true story of New Jersey’s huge, poorly managed and extremely dangerous Action Park, aka ‘Traction Park’, aka ‘Class Action Park’.
The 20 year heyday of the park was the subject of Johnny Knoxville’s semi fictitious tribute film ‘Action Point’ and Matt Robertson’s 2013 documentary, which inspired it: ‘The Most Insane Amusement Park Ever’.
