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Check This Out: The Guardian's Film Season Video Challenge
by Alex Billington
September 24, 2010
Source: The Guardian
I love these kinds of visual challenges. The Guardian recently debuted a fantastic viral video for what they're calling the "Film Season Video Challenge." The video contains various imagery designed to represent a certain movie and you're job is to figure out what movie that is. It's about naming 26 films in 85 seconds. In the short clip you'll notice sly nods to 26 movies - it'll make sense when you see it. And if you need more of a direction, just think of Pixar's UP and that floating house with balloons seen near the beginning will be your first answer. Now you need to watch this and figure out the rest of the movies on your own. Have fun.
If you want to actually participate in The Guardian challenge in hopes of winning the prize (although I think you have to live in the UK to win unfortunately), visit this page and you'll find the form to enter all 26 of the film titles. Winners will get copies of all 26 movies on DVD. I'm having trouble figuring out all of the names, but I love the animation they made for each of them, it's so fun to watch this and figure out what everything is. It reminds me of the Tron Legacy viral pixelated video game map or Empire's Cryptic Canvas, which have a similar name-this-film concept. Let us know if you figure out all 26 of these. How many can you get?
17 Comments
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i gotta watch that again that was so cool,0:32 looks like Indiana Jones,0:40 airplane,i saw the matrix at 1:00, gladiator at 1:08,1:12 looks very familiar,maybe borat at 1:14
Spider94 on Sep 24, 2010
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I got 18 out of 26.
LW on Sep 24, 2010
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I LOVE the transition from 0:27 to 0:28; subtle, sly and clever....I got either 19 or 21 (still not sure on 3 of them). I do think the one Alex used on the header is quite brilliant...p.s. it's not Captain America:)
Marc on Sep 24, 2010
4
im gonna try to fill in your gaps shero James Bond / Edward Scissorhands / Stalin / Up / Omen "Not so Sure" / Godfather / The Usual Suspects / The Birds / Back to the Future / The Big Lebowski / Indiana Jones 2 / ( ? ) / airplane/ barbarella (maybe?) / shaw shank / videodrome (maybe?) / (?) / sunset boulevard / blair witch / matrix / pans labrynth / Singin' in the Rain / Gladiator / The Silence of the Lambs / Borat / groundhog day
kyle on Sep 24, 2010
5
Passsion of the Christ?Delicatessen?..
Chev Chelios on Sep 24, 2010
6
Not Barbarella - One Million Years. And it is Mulholland Drive It was Raiders, not Indy 2 (which would be Temple of Doom) And for the first one, James Bond is not really a movie. Are they asking for a specific movie?
AJ on Sep 24, 2010
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I think the crosses one is Life of Brian...the "ahhh" after the lightning strike sounds like something off the Monty Python soundboard. As far as Bond, I'd venture either Goldeneye or Goldfinger:P @7 I was thinking Delicatessen too
Marc on Sep 24, 2010
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It's not Barbarella, it's One Million Years B.C.
M on Sep 24, 2010
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Delicatessen after Indiana Jones
tms on Sep 24, 2010
10
American beauty before blair witch
tms on Sep 24, 2010
11
lost highway before sunset boulevard
tms on Sep 24, 2010
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Goldfinger / Edward Scissorhands / Stalin / Up / (?) / Godfather / The Usual Suspects / The Birds / Back to the Future / The Big Lebowski / Raiders of the Lost Ark / Delicatessen / Airplane! / One Million Years B.C. / Shawshank Redemption / Hidden / Lost Highway / JFK? / Blair Witch / Matrix / Pan's Labrynth / Singin' in the Rain / Ben Hur / The Silence of the Lambs / Borat / Groundhog Day
Misha on Sep 24, 2010
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Goldfinger / Edward Scissorhands / Stalin / Up / (?) / Godfather / The Usual Suspects / The Birds / Back to the Future / The Big Lebowski / Raiders of the Lost Ark / Delicatessen / Airplane! / One Million Years B.C. / Shawshank Redemption / Hidden / Mulholland Drive / American Beauty / The Blair Witch Project / Matrix / Pan's Labrynth / Singin' in the Rain / Ben Hur / The Silence of the Lambs / Borat / Groundhog Day
Misha on Sep 24, 2010
14
Number 3 is definitely Dr. Zhivago.
Louis on Sep 24, 2010
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I got 21. The references to American Beauty & Blair Witch Project were awesome... lol James Bond Edward Scissors Hand Up The Godfather The Usual Suspects Alfred Hitchcokcs the Birds Back to the Future The Big Lebowski Raiders of the Lost Arch Airplane 100000 BC The Shawshank Redemption American Beauty Blair Witch Project Matrix Pans Labyrinth Singing in the rain Ben Hur Silence of the Lambs Borat Groundhog Day Couldnt solve the mustache, the russian reference, the three crosses with the lighting hitting one and those tapes ...
dreckent on Sep 24, 2010
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Number 16 is definitely Caché (Hidden) by Michael Haneke. The lead character keeps receiving mysterious videotapes in his mailbox and his adopted Algerian brother ends up being the one who sent them.
Louis on Sep 24, 2010
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1.goldfinger/2.edward sissorhands/3.dr zhivago/4.up/5.life of brian/6.godfather/7.the usual suspects/8.the birds/9.back to the future/10.the big leboski/11.raiders of the lost ark/12.delicatessen/13.airplane/14.million yrs bc/15. shawshank redemption/16.hidden/17.sunset boulevard/18.american beauty/19.blair witch project/20. the matrix/ 21.pans labyrynth/22.singing in the rain/ 23.ben hurr/24. silence of the lambs/ 25.borat/ 26.groundhog day.
Red_dead_Duvet on Sep 27, 2010
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