A Research Site Devoted to the Past and Future of Found Footage Film and Video


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-Leslie Thornton

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

An Index of the Greatest YouTube Mashups, Re-Genre, Re-Cuts and Machinema

( a still from 8 1/2 mile )

A WORK IN PROGRESS

A list of the absolute finest mashups, re-genre, re-cuts and machinema on the web. for definitions of terms read my essay "The New Found Footage Filmmakers."

MASHUPS

1. 2001 Goodfellas



2. Pooh-pocalypse Now



3. C for Cookie (Sesame Street mash up with V for Vendetta)


4. 8 1/2 Mile


5. Sesame Streets ( Directed by Martin Scorsese)


6. Full Metal Christmas



8. 10 Things I hate about Commandments (10 Things I Hate About You + Ten Commandments by Mike Dow and Ari Eisner of Smaky Productions)


9. Must Love Jaws (by Mike Dow and Ari Eisner of Smaky Productions)



7. Capote of the Lambs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmfFNJHq0nI&mode=related&search=


Re-Genre

1. Shining (as a romantic comedy / family film )


2. Big (as a pedophilic thriller)



3. Taxi Driver (as a romantic comedy)


4. Something Blue (Blue Velvet as a Family Farce) By Robert Ryang

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5. Mount Brokeback (Brokeback Mountain as a Religious Film) By Robert Ryang



3. Casino Royale (starring Tom Hanks)


4. Signs (of antisemitism)


5. Titanic: Two the Surface (by Derek Johnson)

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MACHINEMA

1. male restroom etiquette

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Just found your site, good stuff, great resource so far. You might also be interested in checking out some of my political ad mashup videos.

On my site:
http://capedmaskedandarmed.com/video

On youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5A93F987B6174312