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Australopithecus

 

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So I took (more like stole) footage from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. I only used scenes from what could be considered the movie's chapter one, the dawn of man. I wanted to match them with 340ml's Australopithecus song. The reasons why are quite obvious.
The more I worked on the edit the more it dawned upon me (pun intended) how powerful that whole chapter is and how much I love it. I'm sucker for everything about it. The mesmerizing studio backdrops, the choreography, the pivotal dialogues without any words exchanged, the intense metaphors for the urgency of evolution and the suggestion that sooner or later we'll come full circle. Or maybe that we haven't really evolved that much.

 

Comments (3)

Jan 08, 2011
nickaurora said...
Meneer, that film is incredible. Stunning. Inspirational. Check out Qwiki, the future is here. Artificial intelligence is less perceivably artificial by the hour. Hope you're well! Nick (Greek)
Jan 08, 2011
nickaurora said...
The re-awakening is coming, need to get on that remix. ;)
Jan 11, 2011
Glad you liked it. Waiting for that remix.

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