This post is from our friends over at Amityville Now. We just had to share it cause the video is so COOOL!
Brutelpretzel, over on Vimeo, made this amazing thing, brought to our attention by new Twitter follower and Emmy-award-winning filmmaker (and spoon collector!) Richard Gale. It’s almost five minutes long, but it is absolutely hypnotic. Watch and then read a bit more below:
Looking at you – Movie Montage from Brutzelpretzel on Vimeo.
The song, is “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”, was a hit wayyyy back in 1967 for Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, and has haunted the dreams of many a baby boom ever since. This time, it’s performed by Manic Street Preachers and also by Muse.
And before you ask: there are 150 clips from 148 films. “At first,” Brutelpretzel says, “I had selected more than 200 films. I left out dozens of scenes on purpose, cause I didn’t want a 15 minutes montage. For example, I decided not to include the ‘found footage’ genre, cause everyone looks at the camera in this type of movies (like Cloverfield). And also musical numbers, where it’s very common that the actors look at the camera while singing. And, obviously, there are many more films missing cause I didn’t know them. Apologies in advance for every film I discarded, forgot or missed. For example, I really regret forgetting about Kurt Russell in Death Proof, Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins and Tilda Swinton in Orlando.
Never mind, Brutelpretzel. It. Is. Awesome.
Passing along thanks to Flavorwire and eye-contact.tumblr.com/ from Mr. Pretzel himself. You can get a complete list of the clips used, in order, at the original Vimeo page here. And meanwhile, you can follow Richard Gale on twitter here or visit the creator of this web site, here.
Now we’re going to go watch it again…
