Trying to make some sense of it all.....

August 17, 2005 5:18 PM

Mr. Blonde's "Interrogation" (direct link to video) recreated with balloons.
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posted by fenriq (21 comments total)

Awesome. Great idea and great animation.
posted by null terminated at 5:44 PM on August 17, 2005

...and great execution. Har.
posted by null terminated at 5:46 PM on August 17, 2005

I must say I was intrigued by this sadistic balloon world. Very clever (in an anti-Toy Story sort of way.)
posted by meh at 5:51 PM on August 17, 2005

cool cgi balloonery. Not quite sure i understand all of the parallelisms to the flick d'inspiracion (eg whassup with the desk fan staple gun skeet-shoot?)
posted by jeremy b at 6:27 PM on August 17, 2005

Eh.
posted by ColdChef at 6:28 PM on August 17, 2005

cool, thanks
posted by matteo at 6:41 PM on August 17, 2005

Actual direct link to video.
posted by Nelson at 6:47 PM on August 17, 2005

So much sound and fury, signifying nothing.
posted by Justinian at 6:49 PM on August 17, 2005

you're saying this is related to reservoir dogs in some way? i'll have to go rewatch it. i remember something about an ear and gasoline, and nothing about a staple gun. huh.
posted by Hat Maui at 6:58 PM on August 17, 2005

I remember seeing this a few years ago when I was looking at buying Cinema 4D, although this clip looks like a new rendering.
posted by disgruntled at 7:11 PM on August 17, 2005

woohoo, my first mefi via.

grats.
posted by wah at 7:18 PM on August 17, 2005

"Stop playing 'Reservoir Dogs'!"
-- Susan from "Coupling"
posted by of strange foe at 7:47 PM on August 17, 2005

When I saw the balloon guy in the chair, I thought "but he doesn't have any ears to cut off!" And then I realized this was balloon world and everything is different in balloon world.
posted by Moral Animal at 7:54 PM on August 17, 2005

Balloons do have nipples, though. Sort of. And only one per. But its a start... oh nevermind.
posted by hal9k at 3:12 AM on August 18, 2005

I had thought Wired's Animation Express went off-line some time ago. Is there a way to go in the "front door," so to speak, and browse the animation collection?
posted by Western Infidels at 6:18 AM on August 18, 2005

wah, no thank you!

As many have noted, its not a perfect recreation and some of its just downright strange. But the look, feel and weirdness of it were cool enough to post, I thought. I'm glad most folks enjoyed or appreciated it.
posted by fenriq at 7:35 AM on August 18, 2005

That was cool!

It's not a direct blow-by-blow, but the location is definitely the same, and the Casio is awesome.
posted by mkultra at 8:59 AM on August 18, 2005

tres cool. I was a bit confused with the balloon pigs and the staple gun, but it was just fantastic. I agree, the Casio made it.
posted by seanyboy at 11:40 AM on August 18, 2005

He is torturing the pigs ...
posted by Songdog at 12:02 PM on August 18, 2005

Oh good, this just made it easier for me to watch that brutal scene. My stomach turns when the ear comes off. I wonder how they'd make something to spoof Tim Roth screaming in the back seat of the car, covered in blood...
posted by Laotic at 3:15 PM on August 18, 2005

I loved how the bloodstain was still on the ramp.
posted by wah at 4:24 PM on August 18, 2005