"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake." Here's another video that cinephiles should get a kick out of. Originally posted by SlashFilm, it's a short film called Hitch created by Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco and Torsten Strer that's about "The Ultimate Hitch Cookbook." Essentially, it's a quick, fun recipe guide for Alfred Hitchcock and his films. The narrator talks about the cookbook for "the famous director and part time gourmet" and what makes his work extraordinary, combining ingredients for great films with ingredients for great food. It's excellently animated and is just a fun video to watch this evening. "Hitch is our graduation project at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover," they say on Vimeo, where you can view more from them. "It's about 'The Ultimate Hitch Cookbook', an animated book containing the recipes for Alfred Hitchcock's classics.
- 7/12/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
[1] We feature director homages all the time here at /Film, but today's Video of the Day offers something a little different. Using bright, playful animation and a healthy serving of wit, "The Ultimate Hitch Cookbook" analyzes the work of director Alfred Hitchcock in culinary terms and lays out "recipes" for some of his most-loved classics. Now you, too, can whip up dishes like "Walk the Dog" ("the perfect meal for stakeouts or the Peeping Tom next door") or "The Perfect Kendall-Light Dinner" ("for homesick travellers"). Watch the short film after the jump. [via Vulture [2]] "The Ultimate Hitch Cookbook" is the work of Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco, and Torsten Strer, graduate students at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover, Germany. Peter Bennett provided the pitch-perfect vocals. I really admire the detail that went into this project on every level -- the filmmakers have clearly put as much thought into the...
- 7/12/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
What film fan doesn't like video montages that compile scenes, shots, titles, dialogue or what have you? They're always a fun test of our cinephilia to see how many we can name, if not all. The latest is from German design students Felix Meyer and Pascal Monaco (Sarah Biermann and Torsten Strer are also credited) and is called "35 Movies in 2 Minutes." Or "35Mm" for short. It's a motion graphics animation that breezily takes us through minimalist images representing 35 classic films, including many by Hitchcock, Chaplin and Kubrick. I'll be honest and say that I couldn't get a lot of them. I don't know if that makes me a bad cineaste or simply not good at identifying simple deconstructions of film iconography.
I should be better at this stuff -- we all should be -- given that minimalist posters, t-shirts and redesigns of book covers have been all the rage lately...
I should be better at this stuff -- we all should be -- given that minimalist posters, t-shirts and redesigns of book covers have been all the rage lately...
- 7/21/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
Here's a fun little video created by Felix Meyer and Pascal Monaco who picked 35 of their favorite movies and tried to simply them as much as they could. The short is a like a video work of art about cinema.
The outcome is a 2 minute journey through the history of film. Take a close look and tell us if you've recognized them all!
Checkout the video below and let us know what you think. How many movie could you recognize?
35mm from Pascal Monaco on Vimeo.
The outcome is a 2 minute journey through the history of film. Take a close look and tell us if you've recognized them all!
Checkout the video below and let us know what you think. How many movie could you recognize?
35mm from Pascal Monaco on Vimeo.
- 7/20/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
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