MODERN DAYDREAMS: DEERE JOHN (3:00)
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“a funny and surprisingly touching fantasy.”
— The New York Times
A man and a 22-ton John Deere excavator dance a dance of discovery, fulfillment, and eventually, the loss that any diesel-based relationship must suffer.
CASE STUDIES FROM THE GROAT CENTER
FOR SLEEP DISORDERS
(6:30)
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"Hilarious"
— The New York Times
A faux-scientific investigation of sleep disorder as we're privileged to glimpse rare archival footage from the renowned (but fictitious) Groat Center for Sleep Disorders. Not a yawner.
ELEVATOR WORLD (3:30)
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A computer masterpiece
— CBS Evening News
A computer-animated essay on the spatial politics of elevator riding.
A WORLD WITHOUT NUMBERS
(3:00)
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Half a century in the making!
Written when Mitchell was nine years old, this comic animation/live action hybrid explores the horrors of a numberless world through the lens of childhood melodrama.
LEARN TO SPEAK BODY : TAPE 5
(6:00)
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Two million hits on YouTube
Instead of Bosnian or Burmese, this language instructional video examines the syntax of body language. Yes, in just a few easy lessons you too can learn to speak body just like humans do.
ADVANCE (2:30)
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Audience Award—Dance Camera West
One dance. Two minutes. Fifty locations.
MODERN DAYDREAMS: TREADMILL SOFTLY (3:30)
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“A triumph of short film-making, nothing short of brilliant.”
— FilmFinder
What gets your heart rate up at the gym? Love!
MODERN DAYDREAMS: ISLANDS IN THE SKY (4:00)
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“inventive and conceptual crossbreeding of comedy and cutting edge dance.”
— FilmThreat
Four people weave 50 feet in the air atop cherry-pickers, lost in their towers of separateness.
MODERN DAYDREAMS: UNLEASHED (3:30)
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Included in The Best Films On The Web
— UK Guardian
A cubicle-bound Dilbert-ditto gets in touch with his inner puppy.
THE EVENT (2:00)
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Best of Show at WorldFest-Houston.
A map of your march toward Destiny. Something is going to happen that will change your life. But when?
LEARN TO PHONE PHONY : TAPE 2
(6:00)
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25% of all cell phone calls are fake. This instructional video teaches the finer points of the counterfeit call for prestige, power, and popularity.
WEIGHTLESS (4:00)
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A music video for Swami Jr., fronted by singer/songwriter Billy Goodrum.
At the laundromat, his mind goes on tumble-dry.
NAME CATEGORIES
(3:00)
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Lists of first names arranged by meaning and gender. A pattern is emerging.