In an attempt to update Movable Type last week, I ended up breaking it, and thus was not able to continue posting my responses to the feedback I got on my BAFTA screeners post. I’ll do that later today.
In the meantime, check out this jaw-dropping remix of one of my favorite movies of all time: Singin’ In The Rain (via Ben Hammersley’s Dangerous Precedent). It’s a little disappointing to discover that it’s an ad, rather than the work of some lone genius with a computer, and the guy whose body they’ve dubbed in is not as good at breakdancing as Gene Kelly was at his kind of dancing–but it’s still a breathtaking display of technology.
The guy who they used for the dancing is David Elsewhere:
Be sure to check out the first video even though its 4 years old it still kicks ass.
http://www.nata2.info/humor/movies/kolla2001.wmv
http://www.detoursvideo.com/Elsewhere.htm