Via an email exchange last weekend, Allan Fish revealed an awesome poster he had created, with 660 images representing a timeline of cinema history. By sheer coincidence, I had recently completed a similar venture: a rapid-fire video tour, albeit limited to 1912 – 1970 and contingent not on a canon but whatever I had on DVD. Nevertheless, similar spirit at work. Fish had fun trying to identify the clips from their brief appearances and later Shubhajit seemed to dig the montage too (after putting this post up, fellow blogger Srikanth Scrivasson said it “plays out like the output of a malfunctioning super-projector in its final minute of operation”, a description I can certainly get down with). So I’ve decided to reproduce it here for the Wonders gang.
Warning: not for the epileptic.
Amazing, I saw this in its original form at your site (which has become my daily rutine to see your videos in the morning). Anywho, I want Allan’s image now! Why I’m not in these amazing email chains? Lord.
Email me, Jaime, I’ll reply with the collage.
Yes, there’s like a whole Behind the Music Wonders world out there – you’re in some of them though!
This is magnificence incarnate, Joel. I just watched it once and then a second time for good measure. The fleeting glimpses of some of my favorite movies (I saw “The Red Ballon,” “City Lights,” Ben-Hur,” “Last Year at Marienbad,” “The Seventh Seal,” among these but I could readily list a few dozen more if I were being held accountable. It’s a real labor of love, and about as definitive a complilation one could put together. Bravo. Of course the original poster is a classic.
Yeah, I thought you’d notice those in particular!
Blink at your own risk! Exhilarating.
Haha, yeah this is the definition of “blink and you mis it.”
This is incredible Joel. Thanks so much doing this. Breathless stuff!!!
Thank you, sachin – glad you enjoyed it!
Very cool! Cinema’s life flashes before its eyes.
Where does the final image come from – all those objects thrown into the air?
That is Zabriskie Point, where the music comes from as well. Mixed on the movie as a whole, but the ending is quite possibly my favorite scene in movie history. Almost like it’s what Antonioni was working towards for 10 years.
[…] glimpses of classics like “City Lights,” “Metropolis” and many, many more. According to Bocko, the selection was “contingent not on a canon but whatever I had on […]
[…] 1912 to 1970. We caught glimpses of classics like "City Lights," "Metropolis" and many, many more. According to Bocko, the selection was "contingent not on a canon but whatever I had on […]
Who does the music?
Pink Floyd, from the end of Zabriskie Point