Occupying the first position of DJ Mag's Top 20 VJs, the English collective Addictive TV created a new audiovisual genre: the remix videos, collages of images at high speed combined with electronic music functioning as viral tools to promote the greatest Hollywood films. Check out their best works.
Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol filmed almost 500 beautiful portraits of famous and anonymous people that visited The Factory, his studio in New York. Now, 13 of those black-and-white silent films are released in DVD under the name 13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests, with the authorization of The Andy Warhol Museum and the original soundtrack of Dean & Britta. Yeah, the couple of Luna.
Notorious, the biopic of The Notorious B.I.G., is ready and Fox wants to finalize details before its premiere (January 16) with the help of the audience: the poster that will flood cinemas all around the world can be chosen from the official site. There are three options. Make your choice!
Not long ago, it seemed music videos have been expelled from the artistic paradise. Cool bands hated making them, MTV had stopped showing them, and innovative directors from Spike Jonze to Michel Gondry had long since moved on. Then, somewhere between OK Go's success on YouTube (more than 37 million views) and Feist choreography lesson turned into an iPod ad, music videos made a comeback. Meet this new generation of directors and their greatest hits.
Well, only if you had the chance to assist to any show of the French duo and register it in photos and videos. Justice started working on
Cross the Universe,
a CD/DVD that includes a live set and a documentary directed by the band, Romain-Gavras (author of "Stress"), and
So Me (of "DVNO" and "D.A.N.C.E.".) The release will be available in November, and
they are currently receiving material from fans and detractors.
Apart from being a famous quote, Died Young, Stayed Pretty is the name of the documentary that delves into the underground movement behind the indie rock posters. A subculture formed by designers that create, photocopy and walk through the streets to promote concerts, and that share the same identity, ideals and aesthetic. Watch the trailer of this film invited to participate at the World Film Festival of Montreal.
Every minute, 8 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube. A lot of them are
videoclips. Labels also promote their artist by means of this audiovisual genre that continues its transformation. Eclectic, danceable and original, among the hundreds of videos that are lauched every week,
Flowmi picked only five to watch from beginning to end, and share. Check them out and give us your opinion.
The news that Radiohead was composing the soundtrack for Choke, the film based on Chuck Palaniuk´s novel, turned out to be false. However, there are many other artists working and collaborating with their tracks in some scenes of recently or about to be premiered films. Check them out!
After seven years working on a set built in Wayne Coyne´s backyard and different post-production stages, The Flaming Lips managed to finish the sci-fi movie Christmas on Mars. Even though it has been screened in several US festivals, the Lips affirm that they are not satisfied with only transforming their live shows into actual audiovisual experiences.