Pretty Violence

June 27, 2006 8:27 PM

Roman Coppola (Youtube warning) battles Nokia in extreme slow-motion, reminding me of a previous post.
posted by tighttrousers (15 comments total)

I don't understand. Did RC direct one or both of these? Did Nokia rip off his video or vice versa?
posted by dobbs at 8:37 PM on June 27, 2006

Two links to ads, tighttrousers?

Always did like the idea of every day objects exploding in SF action scene ways. Not like this, where it's real explosions slowed down. Imagine a tree branch falling to the ground, bristling with flames and explosions like a spaceship in Starship Troopers. Then it hits thhe ground, and detonates, a mini shockwave spreading across the lawn. I'd like to use that in a music video or something one of these days.
posted by brundlefly at 8:40 PM on June 27, 2006

Don't forget this.
posted by dobbs at 8:44 PM on June 27, 2006

What, no goldfish?
posted by shoepal at 8:55 PM on June 27, 2006

I think Coppola was first; I just like the surreal quality of slo-mo.
posted by tighttrousers at 8:58 PM on June 27, 2006

Bullet through water - excellent. Nokia phone, probably not that good.
posted by RufusW at 9:02 PM on June 27, 2006

brundlefly I think I know what you mean. Back broken, integrity can't be guaranteed anywhere on board. People spilling out into space propelled by air. The intimate details of the ship structure is visible, exposed to a vacuum.
posted by econous at 10:24 PM on June 27, 2006

tighttrousers: Zabriskie Point was first. Not Roman Coppola. ZABRISKIE POINT. Thank you.
posted by I EAT TAPAS at 10:55 PM on June 27, 2006

The Fatboy Slim song with a video barely had a point. Without, well, it was as empty as my current analogy-creating abilities.

In other words, "I got nothing." But so does Fatboy Slim.
posted by sourwookie at 12:12 AM on June 28, 2006

I prefer slo-mo dogs in my videos.
posted by JT at 1:07 AM on June 28, 2006

Blowed up real good.
posted by SteveInMaine at 3:16 AM on June 28, 2006

Roman Coppola can't do anything original, as anyone who's seen CQ and David Holzman's Diary can attest.
posted by dobbs at 5:54 AM on June 28, 2006

The Fatboy Slim song with a video barely had a point. Without, well, it was as empty as my current analogy-creating abilities.

It was stuff blowing up. What more do you need?
posted by cillit bang at 7:01 AM on June 28, 2006

I second Antonioni's Zabriskie Point as the earliest use of extreme slow motion explosions of everyday objects. I was trying to find a link to a short film some friends of mine made using a DV camera by Photron. It captures at 2000 frames per second, and is much slower than Coppola's footage.
posted by NationalKato at 7:02 AM on June 28, 2006

pleix rules
posted by todbot at 3:16 PM on June 28, 2006