There was battle long before hip hop :) If the Cold War was a Dance Off, the Americans would have lost. I can't explain fully why, but these dances and the Russian Military have been interrelated for... continue reading

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 6,963 views

I've watched this clip about 10 times in the last 30 minutes, makes me chuckle every time. Very nicely done.

posted by deputydog 1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 1,673 views

unedited version of an 8mm film transfer of my grandfather's film's from cedar point in 1963.

posted by joedirt 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,441 views

From the movie The Hudsucker Proxy by the fabulous Coen Brothers.

posted by pigeon 1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 1,749 views

"About Sidorov Vova" (1985), directed by Eduard Nazarov. Nazarov spent three and a half years in the Soviet army as a simple soldier based in Berlin. He got rid of a recurrent nightmare that he was going... continue reading

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 1,917 views

Never heard of 'This American Life' til yesterday then I saw this brilliant story animated by Chris Ware. Love it.

posted by deputydog 1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 4,559 views

By Rahmens, the same people who did "Sushi: The Japanese Tradition". Japanese people are very talented at humbly apologizing ("shazai"). This video will help you learn how to apologize.

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 5,174 views

By Rahmens, the same people who did "Sushi: The Japanese Tradition". Replaced original video with subtitled version...

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 5,108 views

" Openly gay, experimental filmmaker Todd Haynes burst upon the scene two years after his graduation from Brown University with his now-infamous 43-minute cult treasure "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter... continue reading

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 379 views

"...whether it's illegal to watch me discussing the legality of you watching me on the Daily Show if you're watching me on Youtube."

posted by mlx 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,857 views • 5:45

The Leningrad Cowboys perform a phenominal cover of Tom Jones' hit, Delilah with the help of the Russian Red Army Choir. This video was forged from a giant slab of purified Awesome. The Leningrad Cowboys... continue reading

posted by sometimes 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 3,726 views • 4:18

Animated version of the children's classic by Maurice Sendak. Narrated by composer Peter Schickele (I think he composed the music too).

posted by Eden 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 42,138 views • 4:13

Inventor Frank Pichel demonstrates the tear-away suit he developed to enable stealthy streaking, the last scene of the clip shows an extremely successful demonstration of the suit's capabilities. This... continue reading

posted by deputydog 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 4,944 views

From the uploader: "I'm a big fan of time-lapse videos but didn't want to take years to make one. So I took a photo of myself every waking hour for seven weeks."

posted by dotdude 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 2,528 views

'The Trap - What Happened To Our Dream Of Freedom?' is a new documentary by the BAFTA-winning producer Adam Curtis. It looks at how models of human behaviour shaped by Cold War logic have come to control... continue reading

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 4,370 views • 59:36

From their first album, Reading Writing and Arithmetic (1990). Dreamy...

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,648 views

Music video for the track "herr bar" from UK-musician Clark (Warp Records). The film solely consists of photos of human body parts, which are arranged to form landscapes, animals, plants,...

posted by sometimes 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 2,448 views • 3:08

For those unfamiliar, here's the background story: Journalist Mark Kermode was interviewing director Herzog in 2005 on top of Lookout Mountain near Los Angeles, when suddenly he was shot in the abdomen... continue reading

posted by Spiff 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 8,649 views

Promo video for the single "I'm All Made of Music" by Ebb. Taken from his top 20 debut album "Loona".

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 2,487 views

One of many PSAs produced during the early years of the cold war. This one features footage of atomic tests, and suggests to the viewer that their houses should be well maintained to protect against nuclear... continue reading