We love us some movie montages around here, and this is one of the best I’ve seen recently. A thematically and visually arranged collage of 2010 releases, both big and small, both good and not-so-good, giving a pretty comprehensive overview of the films of 2010 in a mere six minutes. And it’s truly a case where the whole becomes more than the sum of its parts, as the editor (genrocks on YouTube and Twitter) uses snippets of dialogue here and there to create a great thematic rhythm and at times almost a narrative of the year. This is some incredible work; I can’t even imagine how timeconsuming this was, but it sure pays off. There’s a full list of the films used here, but watch it first – it’s pretty cool to see how some of the clips you’ll recognize are used.
Hat tip to Gary King on Facebook for the find (for me at least). The video is tucked under the seat.
See, that’s how you do it…Smooth transitions, actual themes and perfect pacing. Damn, I’m hangin’ up my hat…
And he has all those clips in HD – I wonder how he sourced them all?
Bob, no! Don’t hang up your hat! Consider it inspiration.
Yours are way better than most things I’ve seen.
A lot of the clips I recognized from trailers, so the newer ones may be from trailers or other promo material. Ah, yes, confirmed. Also, I think he’s a she.
Finally got round to watching this and yeah it’s an incredible piece of work, within the context it even makes some of the shoddiest films of the year look awesome.
But no Bob, you can’t give in! Admittedly her editing is spot on, but you find way cooler clips than she does.
Heh…Nah, I’m not gonna stop – I’m having too much fun with it.
Even more amazing is how the video essentially went viral – 1.5 million hits in 4 days. I’m not sure if there was a concentrated effort to make it go viral, but I’m not overly familiar with the methods of doing that. My 357 hits proves that…
I do feel bad for assuming “Gen I” was a guy. In my defence, I know of two Japanese directors whose first name is Gen (Gen Sekiguchi who did “Survive Style 5+” and Gen Takahashi who did “Confessions Of A Dog”), so that’s my out…