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A wild segue from the television miniseries of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. This incredible sequence was all hand drawn, having been created before the advent of cheap computer animation.

One of Tim Burton’s first films, it already features his trademark animation and a macabre theme… that of a boy who fancies himself to be Vincent Price.

I always suspected Qui Gon Neeson was a plant working for the Empire.

A fabulous documentary on the creative forces behind the movie Blade Runner.

In honor of Don DeLillo’s new book Falling Man, here’s a musical retrospective of the first man in space, who jumped from a helium balloon after it ascended to the edge of the atmosphere.

Want more? Check out the falling booster rockets.

A great presentation on plots in movies and games from SXSW 2007.

(Transcript here)

In 1995 a collector of satellite broadcasts released a documentary called Spin, which shows the vulgar pandering politicians and newscasters engage in when they think no one’s watching.

One fantastic moment: Larry King tells Bill Clinton that Ted Turner will “serve” him.