My new favorite thing in life is the Sharon Stone PSA that is showing before movies (at least where I am in Hartford).
First of all, it took me seeing it like 6 times before I even realized it was her. Secondly, I just can’t stop laughing at how bad it is. She has this super-creepy mixture of sexual innuendo and fatal illness — all in 44 seconds.
Of course, the best part is her dramatic turn to the camera when she says, “You!” It just takes my breath away.
I’m moving to Korea in about 5 weeks, so my own video editing has taken a backseat to selling everything I own… however, in the process of moving I have, of course, found many wonderful things about Korea.
And this video of cops dancing to Wonder Girls’ Tell Me has to be the most fabulous thing I’ve found. By “fabulous” I am course discounting the 5,000 years of history that have provided some of the most amazing artifacts in human existence.
The Wonder Girls seem to be one of the more popular K-pop groups — and tomorrow night they begin the American leg of their tour in Portland, OR. I tried convincing my sister to go, but she thinks celebrating her birthday with friends is more important.
Evidently this video sparked a dance craze across the country, and the video below has to be my favorite thus far. America had the Macarena several years ago, but wasn’t nearly as fun…
Here’s the original:
First off, Pharoah Rameses is very, very hot. I can’t imagine what America could do if our dear leader pranced around in that outfit…
I also just love the shots of the Egyptians as the Israelites are leaving… they are SO despondent. But, I can understand! I mean, I know what it’s like when the intern leaves at the end of the semester and I suddenly realize that I have to order food for all the meetings… but I can’t imagine being a grunt in Egypt and suddenly realizing that I’ll now be pushing 20 ton bricks!
Movie: The Prince of Egypt (1998) — Starring Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock
Music: Walking Shoes — Tanya Tucker
When I started this little project, I thought, “Oh, this is going to be so much fun because I just LOVE Woody Allen, and I LOVE Borderline…” But, what I failed to recognize is that Borderline’s I’m-so-crazy-I-can-even-put-it-into-a-cute-bubble-gum-pop-song doesn’t really mesh well with Woody Allen’s I’m-so-crazy-and-I-mean-SO-CRAZY-that-you’re-going-to-want-to-kill-me-in-the-end…
Not to mention the caliber of Woody Allen’s writing (note that this movie was his 14th Academy Award nomination for writing). His characters are so nuanced, it was really hard pulling out certain moments to fit a verse in a four minute song because each scene was packed with so many undercurrents.
So, much like the Far from Heaven — Believe video I did, it just ends up being weirdly sad with an awful pop backdrop…
But, at any rate, this one goes out to my sister who I’m always reminding to be responsible with the people that fall in love with her… plus, she helped pick the song… I can’t imagine why.
Movie: Match Point (2005)– Directed by Woody Allen; Starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer
Music: Borderline (1983) — Madonna
In the ’09, I’ve attended my first Seder and my first Bar Mitzvah… so, I thought it only appropriate to memorialize these Jewish moments with a musical movie video of Prince of Egypt – the first cartoon produced by Dreamworks SKG (after Jeff Katzenberg exodused out of Disney) about the exodus from Egypt.
That being said, I must admit that when I began this project I fully intended to show the hypocrisy of “God” in all it’s glory (growing up Christian in the South gives one a lot of material)… however, it only took a few minutes to reclaim the beauty of the animation and of the story. So, I quickly changed the song so that you have what you see now. It’s a powerful story, and I highly recommend reading or re-reading it.
Movie: Prince of Egypt (1998) — Starring Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock
Music: Clocks (2002) — Coldplay
If you live in Connecticut, USA, then you might know that the House (107 – 35) and Senate (23 -12) have both voted to enact universal health care in a bill called SustiNet. It’s now in the hands of the governor to sign it into law or veto it into oblivion.
So, here’s my video tribute to Madam Rell…
…and in full disclosure, I do work for the Universal Health Care Foundation — but they had no part in the making of this video…
Boxing is the drug of choice for Maggie…
Movie: Million Dollar Baby — Directed by Clint Eastwood; Starring Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank (Oscar), Morgan Freeman
Music: Comfortably Numb — Scissor Sisters (originally by Pink Floyd)
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