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Mark Gungor is an American priest known for his sense of humour and his ability to explain the staggering differences between men and women in simple, yet accurate terms. The most popular bit from his Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage lesson is probably Men's Brains vs Women's Brains. In that he argues that the reason men and women don't always understand each other is the mysterious Nothing Box.
The Danish Poet is a sweet Norwegian story of love and fate. This 15 minute long cartoon is directed by Torill Kove, and it won the 2007 Oscar for the best short subjects animation. Wonderful storytelling and subtle sense of humour!
Big Buck Bunny is a brilliantly animated story of a giant bunny rabbit, who saves his beloved butterflies from being slaughtered by a gang of vicious rodents. Crisp-clear computer animation!
"In 1969, the 14-year old boy Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape recorder, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room for a chat." I Met the Walrus is a wonderfully animated portrayal of the interview that reaches the psychedelic spheres of The Beatles videos. Directed by Josh Raskin.
Waltari is a jurassic Finnish band I have never really bothered with. However, I happened to stumble upon the video of their new song In the Cradle and learned that I have been wrong about them all these years; this band rocks!
Al Dente is an impressive computer-generated short animation from France. Brilliant work from the beginning to the end! And I don't think I'm the only one who can detect influence of Pixar's Ratatouille here..
In the second Homeless James Bond episode James is given a new mission and a special vehicle. In this story James gets into a rapid chase, shows his cunning sneakiness, and expresses true character and high values. Go James!
Dangerous missions! Cunning disguises! Breathtaking action! Funky gadgets! Wry one-liners! Beautiful women! That's what all James Bond films are made of, and Homeless James Bond is no exception. Sure, he might be financially impaired, but he's definitely a hero to his peers!
Fishing with John is a brilliant fishing documentary series by the actor/author/musician John Lurie (Down by Law, Stranger Than Paradise). While John knows absolutely nothing about fishing, he still manages to convince his celebrity friends (Jim Jarmusch, Tom Waits, Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Dennis Hopper) to come along on elaborate fishing trips. Cheap production values, hilarious and completely irrational narration, and the unforeseen accidents all combine into one of the funniest documentaries ever made, and a true cult classic.
Kolme Pukkia - Three Bucks is a crazy animated version of the classic story of three goats trying to cross a bridge guarded by a hungry troll. This is easily the best children's animation I've recently seen, with wicked humour and an incredibly catchy song! Bompiti-bompa bäää-ääääh, bompiti-bompa bäää-ääähhhhh..
Dig Lazarus Dig!!! is the title track of the new album of the ever-wonderful Nick Cave and the Black Seeds. Great song, and excellent video - Cave obviously managed it with just one take!
The new album of Nick Cave and the Black Seeds, "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" came out some time ago, and turned out to be excellent. Before the release, there were seven peculiar promo videos posted over at YouTube. They feature Cave and his band at a spiritualistic session, and it's painfully obvious that none of them can act..
Technically speaking this one shouldn't even be here, as - although it is on YouTube - it is not a video. However, since the song is so awesome, I won't let such minor technicalities prevent me from posting this.
Kuvia Suomesta - Images from Finland is an ad for a website selling photographs of the Finnish landscape and way of life. The video features two photographers prepared to take shots of a true Finnish phenomena.
Korpiklaani is a Finnish folk metal band that mixes traditional Finnish music with hard metal, and dress the result with lyrics that are both nationalistic and funny as hell. Amazingly enough, it works, and the result is both unique and fun. Wooden Pints is my current favourite; on the video, pay attention to the insane drummer and the slightly less enthusiastic violin player!
Red and Black (or Czerwone i Czarne, as the original title goes) is a Polish animation masterpiece from 1963 by the celebrated animator Witold Giersz. The art and technique used here are amazingly high class, and the story itself very entertaining and funny with numerous twists and surprises. This short film was included on The Anthology of Polish Animation DVD published last year (of which I happen to have a copy, thanks to my friend Agata).
Vincent is a short stop-animation flick by Tim Burton, the mastermind behind such animation masterpieces as The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride, and cinema blockbusters like Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Sweeney Todd. Created in 1982, Vincent is one of Burton's first. His trademark, the quirky horror-theme, is already present, and the subtle sense of wicked humour shines through. Excellent!
Tommy Tiernan is an Irish stand-up comedian that Kasia has been listening to for hours and hours lately. I must give the guy credit, he is really very good. Here's one clip on which he speaks about his children; it's one of Kasia's favourites!
Nick Cave is one of the most creative and talented song writers and artists that I know of. With the band Bad Seeds he has done numerous albums of awesome music, and I'm convinced that this video page is going to feature lots of their stuff. The Weeping Song is one of the many awesome tunes they have produced, and the video with Nick himself and Blixa Bargeld is great too. Enjoy!
Gopher Broke is a funny little story of a hungry gopher trying to find something to eat.