the clock is an art installation by video artist christian marclay .

it is a looped 24-hour montage that functions as a clock .

its scenes are selected from cinema and television history , with real-time references to the time of day .

marclay developed the idea for the clock while working on his 2005 piece screen play .

with the support of the white cube gallery , he assembled a team to find footage , which he edited together over the course of three years .

marclay debuted the clock at white cube 's london gallery in 2010 .

the work garnered critical praise , winning the golden lion at the 2011 venice biennale .

its six editions were purchased by major museums , allowing it to attract a widespread following .

the clock ( 2010 film )

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it’s in the film of 2010 that the big world - saving stakes come to the forefront . and the film updates that final message , too :
christian marclay ’s acclaimed installation the clock 2010 has captivated audiences across the world from new york to moscow .
62 ) in may 2010 drew barrymore was announced as the director of a loose sequel to the film , surrender dorothy .
admission to the clock during regular museum hours , the clock is included in the price of museum admission .
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the fertility clock was developed as an educational element for the film “my future baby : breakthroughs in modern fertility” .
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stanton did voice work for the johnny depp animated film “rango” in 2011 . in a 2010 episode of nbc’s “chuck , ” stanton reprised his “repo man” character .
“i am” ( national award winner for best hindi language film and lyrics ) is their 3rd feature film as producers . the film project is one of india’s largest crowd sourced films with 400 co producers from 40 cities across the world . i am had its canadian premier at the “vancouver international film festival ’2010” . i am was also officially selected at guggenheim berlin’ 2010 , 59th valladolid film festival , spain 2011 and won the netpac award for best in asian cinema and special jury mention at the 15th international film festival of kerala 2010 , winner best film at the london asian film festival and continues its festival screenings . i am deals with issues and dilemmas that bruise the modern indian society . after a successful release in india , i am was released in france in 2012 by epicenter distribution .
the film doesn ' t say , but from earlier statements , chris nolan declared that the film is supposed to be contemporary .
christian marclay . video still from the clock . 2010 . single - channel video with sound , 24 hours . © christian marclay . courtesy paula cooper gallery , new york
christian marclay , the clock ( 2010 ) . single - channel video installation . duration : 24 hours . courtesy white cube , london and paula cooper gallery , new york
producers 4th feature film project “chauranga” directed by bikas ranjan mishra , winner grand jury prize for best feature at iffla ‘2015 ( indian film festival of los angeles ‘2015 ) , winner best film at mami ‘2014 ( mumbai international film festival’2014 ) , winner incredible india award at film bazaar 2011 & goteborg international film festival script development fund as the best co production market project . the project was also selected for paris project 2012 . the film had its uae premier at the diff ‘2014 ( dubai international film festival 2014 ) as part of world cinema . in 2015 , the film was officially selected at nyff ‘2015 ( new york film festival ‘2015 ) . official selection , goteborg international film festival ( 2016 ) and cinemasia film festival , amsterdam , ( 2016 ) .
there is only one opening credit , the film ' s title , which does not appear until nearly 15 minutes into the film .
owen , don , dir . toronto jazz . national film board of canada , 1964 . 16mm film , 27 min .
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national research council 2010 , new worlds , new horizons in astronomy and astrophysics . washington , dc : the national academies press
image : christian marclay , details from the clock , 2010 , single - channel video , variable dimensions 16 : 9 , purchased with funds provided by steve tisch through 2011 collectors committee , the clock © christian marclay , courtesy paula cooper gallery , new york .
69 ) the observer music monthly voted it the greatest film soundtrack of all time .
he knows too much : the plot of the first film is driven by this .
64 ) the film was deemed
culturally significant
by the united states library of congress , which selected it for preservation in the national film registry in 1989 .
scarface writer oliver stone wrote the film while battling his own addiction to cocaine .
the film of the book : the movie was based on a comic book of the same name .
the first work to be presented in this space in 2014 is the clock ( 2010 ) by multidisciplinary artist christian marclay ( b . 1955 , san rafael , california ) , an artist known since the late 1970s for his exploration of the intersections between visual art , sound , film , and performance .
christian marclay : the clock courtesy the artist and paula cooper gallery , new york .
, called “the clock” the “ultimate work of appropriation art . ” rosalind e . krauss , the eminent art historian , hailed marclay’s transformation of “the reel time of film into the real
——— . “michael snow . ” in 100 video artists , edited by rosa olivares , 370 . madrid : exit publicaciones , 2010 .
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copenhagen contemporary is delighted to bring swiss - american artist and composer christian marclay’s the clock ( 2010 ) to scandinavia for the first time . this video installation is recognised as a contemporary masterpiece and won the golden lion at the 2011 venice biennale .
a 24 - hour montage of film clips showing the measurement of time , christian marclay’s the clock has hooked viewers in london and new york . he talks to jonathan romney
70 ) on the rotten tomatoes website , 100 % of critics give the film positive reviews .
the clock is a major cinematic work by new york–based artist christian marclay . winner of the golden lion award at the 2011 venice biennale , the clock samples thousands of excerpts from the history of film that indicate the passage of time—from clock towers to wristwatches to buzzing alarm clocks—that the artist has edited together to unfold on the screen in real time as a 24 - hour montage .
corrects chess clock story : was 7 minutes , not 3 . had borrowed from lds member in area ; when he died , wife sent royal the chess clock .
33 ) a recycled bit of score from the film marie antoinette ( 1938 ) can be heard during the castle escape film – the music for both films was composed by herbert stothart .
: just about everyone in the film under the age of forty . they look at moses and the other
beginning december 21 , the museum will provide updates on visiting the clock , including live reports on the queue , via twitter ( @ theclockatmoma ) . tweet about the clock using the hashtag # theclockatmoma .
in a new report , the cdc says u . s . doctors are prescribing fewer opioids than they were in 2010 , but that overall rates remain high .
bbc news at ten article on christian marclay ' s the clock - a 24 hour film , featuring in the british art show at new exchange , nottingham and the white cube in london .
movies : christian marclay ' s ' the clock ' runs at lacma for . . .
christian marclay : the clock
through june 2 at sfmoma , s . f .
for the new report , cdc researchers analyzed opioid prescribing patterns in the u . s . from 2006 to 2015 , including county - level prescribing from 2010 through 2015 .
whitelaw , anne , brian foss , and sandra paikowsky , eds . the visual arts in canada : the twentieth century . don mills : oxford university press , 2010 .
whereas benjamin franklin said that “time is money , ” marclay says in the clock that “time is meaning . ” whether we get a little or a lot of it , the clock reminds us that time is man - made and that , ultimately , we rule it rather than it rules us . stop watching the clock and watch the clock , if you can .
timepieces of all kinds are the stars of the christian marclay video “the clock , ” at the paula cooper gallery .
warning : spoiler alert ! this infographic contains details about the new space film
interstellar .
21 ) in their 2007 list , the afi ranked it as the 10th greatest film of all time .
65 ) in june 2007 , the film was listed on unesco ' s memory of the world register .
marclay spent three years assembling “the clock , ” a twenty - four - hour video collage .
( 1 ) wallace wh , kelsey tw . human ovarian reserve from conception to the menopause . plos one . 2010 jan 27 ; 5 ( 1 ) : e8772 .
however they often appear in film adaptations entitled ' alice in wonderland ' or variations thereof .
20 ) the film is rated no 1 on the afi ' s 2008 list of the 10 greatest fantasy films .
for the clock , the artist edited thousands of film and television clips to form a 24 - hour montage which unfolds in real time . while constructed from a dizzying variety of periods , contexts , and film genres whose storylines seem to have shattered into a multitude of narrative shards , the clock uncannily proceeds at a unified pace as if re - ordered by the latent narrative of time itself .
[ image : christian marclay . detail of the clock . 2010 . single - channel video with sound , 24 hours . © christian marclay . courtesy paula cooper gallery , new york , and white cube , london . photo : todd - white photography . ]
alice sees iracebeth running in the direction of the heavy clock and tries to prevent a tragedy from happening .
34 ) to show dorothy ' s house falling from the sky , a miniature house was dropped onto a sky painting on the stage floor , then the film reversed to make it appear the film was falling towards the camera .
back to one podcast : keith poulson on developing as an actor in the ny indie film scene .
it was al pacino who first came up with the idea to remake howard hawks original 1932 film .
amidst an old london clock shop , a small , quirky mantle clock comes to the aide of the store ' s more expensive clocks when a thief breaks in and threatens to steal them away .
christian marclay’s epic video collage , ‘the clock’ , used thousands of film clips to hypnotic – and retina - searing – effect . will his new work also be a sight for sore eyes ?
the repetition of images is a defining characteristic of surrealist art . bunuel merely transfers this to the film medium .
there are no critic reviews yet for girl clock . keep checking rotten tomatoes for updates !
last month culture monster reported that the l . a . county museum of art was working to acquire christian marclay’s 2010 video hit “the clock , ” a 24 - hour - long movie - montage that museum director michael govan called a “virtual history
of film . now the acquisition is a done deal , thanks to an annual fundraising event at the museum known as collectors committee weekend .
wormhole travel across the universe and supergiant black holes are just some of the wonders seen in the film
interstellar .
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despite its miami setting , most of the film was shot in los angeles . the miami tourist board declined the request to film there , as they feared the themes of drugs and gangsters would deter holiday - makers from visiting .
, 1964 , directed by don owen , 16mm film , black and white , 27 min .
winner of the golden lion award at the 2011 venice biennale , christian marclay’s the clock is a cinematic tour de force that unfolds on the screen in real time through thousands of film excerpts that form a 24 - hour montage . appropriated from the last 100 years of cinema’s rich history , the film clips chronicle the hours and minutes of the 24 - hour period , often by displaying a watch or clock . the clock incorporates scenes of everything from car chases and board rooms to emergency wards , bank heists , trysts , and high - noon shootouts .
quite possibly the only critical piece you ' ll ever read on christian marclay ' s
the clock .
the fertility clock provides a simple graphic that can be used to estimate the monthly chance of having a baby .
you might argue that that’s what 2001 is about , in the end , but i don’t think you can say that 2001 ‘s view of its mystery monolith aliens is all - the - way positive ; certainly , there’s no scene where a monolith explains , in subtitle , that they are saving humanity because they need humanity’s help in 3000 years . ( a nihilist would argue that 2001 is about how earth is a laboratory and we’re the lab rats . ) maybe you think 2010 is clearer in its intentions than 2001 — in which case , maybe those good intentions are just vastly less interesting . maybe 2010 makes you feel better than 2001 because everyone in 2010 is nice . ( even hal is nice in 2010 ) .
sfmoma features the world’s most elaborate timepiece , a supercut of film history that works also as a watch .
inception is based on a screenplay by british filmmaker christopher nolan , who also produced and directed the film .
: marvin starts the film by warning frank someone is coming after them , then apparently blowing himself up .
the data used to create the fertility clock was taken from landmark works in the fields of population research and developmental biology .
the rates depicted on the fertility clock estimate the experience for most women . as with all biological systems exceptions do exist .
8 . narrative devices veteran actor burgess meredith in the obsolete man is tied to a post . next to him is a bomb attached to a clock . when the clock strikes twelve , it will explode .
an ode to time and cinema , christian marclay’s the clock ( 2010 ) is a contemporary masterpiece comprised of thousands of fragments from television and film history—creating a 24 - hour video shown in real time . at any given moment , the work displays the accurate time on screen , blurring the line between its fictional clips and reality . synchronized to the local time zone , the clock literally becomes a functioning timepiece . every clip in the film shows a clock , mentions the time of day in the dialogue , or represents a metaphor of time . from big ben to jack nicholson , viewers can recognize iconic movies , actors , and clips from a century of films . the museum first screened the work in 2011 following its joint acquisition by the mfa and the national gallery of canada .
, frank mentions how the mission they performed in moldova at the end of the first film made marvin a national hero there .
richard misek is a film theorist and montagist . his essay film rohmer in paris ( 2013 ) has screened at over twenty film festivals on five continents , and at venues including the national gallery of art ( washington d . c . ) , the bfi and barbican ( london ) , and the museum of moving image and anthology film archives ( new york ) . he is currently principal investigator on the arhc project , ‘the audiovisual essay : a digital methodology for film and media studies’ . he lectures in digital arts at the university of kent . urltoken
47 ) the stage version of the wizard of oz returns to london ' s west end in february 2011 . the role of dorothy was decided by bbc talent show over the rainbow , which aired in spring 2010 .
in 2005 they independently produced the path breaking film , “my brother nikhil” directed by onir , which dealt with the stigma of hiv and homosexuality for first time in india . the film premiered at “frameline” ( san francisco ) followed by winning at montreal ( image + nation film festival ) & 20th milan international lgbt festival . the film successfully released in march 2005 by india’s biggest privately owned studio , “yash raj films” . my brother nikhil is considered a landmark film in indian cinema . producers 2nd feature film , “sorry bhai ! ” directed by onir was released in november 2008 and starred shabana azmi , boman irani , sanjay suri , sharman joshi and chitrangda singh . the film was acquired and released by mumbai mantra ( entertainment division of the industrial group mahindra’s ) .
the clock , which took three years to make , has become the art world ' s most talked - about film project since it debuted in 2010 , and unsurprisingly , it ' s divided audiences . his worst critics have derided the clock as a
gimmick ,
but even marclay ' s detractors credit his resolve to complete the project , which required thousands of hours to sift through potential scenes . but the film ' s success — it won the venice biennale ' s top prize in 2011 , and has since screened to standing - room - only crowds around the world — has brought renewed attention to marclay ' s other projects .
when “the clock , ” first shown in london in 2010 , made its new york debut at the paula cooper gallery in chelsea in the winter of 2011 people waited in line for hours in the bitter cold to see it . last summer at the venice biennale it was a big draw , winning the golden lion award for best artwork . the film has also been shown in seoul , moscow , paris , boston , los angeles and ottawa .
called “an abundant , magnificent work” ( financial times ) and “utterly transfixing” ( huffington post ) , the clock is marclay’s most ambitious moving - image project to date , garnering rave reviews from critics and the public alike since its premiere in 2010 , and subsequent presentations at a host of venues worldwide .
indeed , the clock attempts to submit cinematic time to clock time through the coincision of subject matter ( clocks , nothing but clocks , visualizing clock time ) with a context which makes possible durational , internal , ( cinematic ) time . marclay seems to be suggesting ( consciously or not ) that there is no possible escape from clock time , so why not embrace it . enjoy your symptoms , pace zizek .
i had seen parts of “the clock” when it opened at london’s white cube gallery four years earlier . marclay’s 24 - hour video installation instantly became the cultural talk of the town . it even made the bbc’s ten o’clock news , the straight - talking nightly bulletin that gives short shrift to the flaky experiments of contemporary art . but the allure of “the clock” was irresistible .
arthur c . clarke wrote the book 2010 in 1982 . the book is more austere , clinical , less dramatic , and better . it ends with a message from the monoliths , via hal , to humanity :
has been viewed with critical acclaim at venues around the world since premiering at white cube , london in 2010 . it was jointly acquired by the national gallery of canada and the museum of fine arts , boston .
the film ' s abstractness permitted many interpretations . in the midwest , for instance , cooper was seen as a symbol of eisenhower working against the communist threat , a view eisenhower himself presumably adopted with his numerous white house screenings of the film .
a three - minute clip of clock on youtube comes with the plea only to watch it from four minutes past noon – and to wait , patiently clock - watching , if that point in the day has passed .
71 ) the film is at no 10 on the bfi ' s list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14 .
the clock first premiered in london in 2010 and has since been exhibited worldwide in more than twenty venues , including the centre pompidou , paris ( 2011 ) ; museum of modern art , new york ( 2012 ) ; san francisco museum of modern art ( 2013 ) ; and guggenheim bilbao ( 2014 ) .
the film exhibits loss of nerve in other ways . the wally created by eugenides was no looker ; but the film only hints at this by clothing bateman , an attractive man , in unfortunate knitwear . thus the story’s entire point is effectively jettisoned .
sometimes the time is just glimpsed in the background of a shot , irrelevant to the action and sometimes the time gives a sharp stab or poke to the dialogue : particularly with scenes in which time is running out . the clock is , unexpectedly , quite a sensual , sexy film , in that the late morning stretch features plenty of shots of people in bed , waking up , embracing and then realising that these are forbidden pleasures – forbidden by the clock . (
what ' s the time ? is that the time ?
etc ) the time is an alarm clock , a constant silently pinging alarm clock .
a most useful work of art , clock 2010 , made by christian marclay by editing together thousands of clips of clocks , watches and time checks from films so that they tell the actual time as the video runs for 24 hours , has been acquired jointly by the tate , the centre pompidou in paris and the israel museum in jerusalem .
of course
the clock
would speak to a generation weaned on appropriation by hip - hop and youtube .
entry to the clock is on a first - come , first - served basis . wait times may apply .
there are brief periods of nudity and strong language during the clock . visitors bringing children should use their discretion .
lieblingswitze - büchlein goes biennale : 5 . 11 min of 24 h video
the clock
by christian marclay
there are brief periods of nudity and strong language during the clock . visitors bringing children should use their discretion .
thus “the clock” is also a 24 - hour valentine to the movies . it samples film from around the world and throughout the last century , from silent movies to the present . it is like a history of film for our add times , or the greatest movie trailer ever made , as well as the ultimate work of appropriation art , a genre that owes so much to the movies .
68 ) the pairing of the 1973 pink floyd music album the dark side of the moon with the visual portion of the film produces moments where the film and the album appear to correspond with each other in a music video - like experience . this juxtaposition has been called dark side of the rainbow .
marclay doesn ' t consider himself a film buff , and while making
the clock
the last thing he wanted to do was go to the movies . instead , he took up yoga . after the obsessive demands of
the clock ,
he ' s now working on a couple of short video projects that are
very modest in scale .
casually stepping out of a car while it ' s doing a donut automatically qualifies your film for this .
snow , michael . “hollis frampton interviewed by michael snow . ” film culture , spring 1970 , 6–12 .
( 2010 ) is an ode to time and cinema , comprised of thousands of fragments from a vast range of films that create a 24 - hour , looped , single - channel video .
christian marclay’s 24 - hour video installation the clock will go on show at tate modern for three months , starting in september 2018 . released in 2010 , marclay’s montage features of thousands of real - time film and television clips , acting as a fully functioning time piece . the exhibit will be free and can be accessed during tate modern opening hours and via monthly 24 - hour screenings , exact dates to be confirmed soon .
daniel herbert is an associate professor in screen arts and cultures at the university of michigan . his research examines the relationships between the media industries , geography , and cultural identities . he is author of videoland : movie culture at the american video store ( uc press , 2014 ) . his essays appear in canadian journal of film studies , creative industries journal , film quarterly , millennium film journal , and quarterly review of film and video , as well as in several edited collections .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
despite its now iconic status , the film was slaughtered by critics upon release , due to its graphic violence , foul language and drug use . one person who sung the film ' s praises from the start , however , was actor eddie murphy .
the overall amount of opioids prescribed in the u . s . dropped 18 percent , from a peak of 782 mmes — morphine milligram equivalents — per capita in 2010 to 640 mmes per capita in 2015 , the researchers found .
in a new report , the cdc says u . s . doctors are prescribing fewer opioids than they were in 2010 , but that overall rates remain high . donald gruener / istockphoto / getty images hide caption
still from christian marclay’s the clock , 2010 . single channel video ( color , sound ) . edward linde fund . jointly owned by the museum of fine arts , boston , and the national gallery of canada . © the artist . photo : todd - white art photography . courtesy white cube , london and paula cooper gallery , new york .
the enduring allure of the film that catapulted bill forsyth into the british film industry elite has surprised no one so much as its stars , most of whom were in their teens when they made it . many of the cast had worked with forsyth through the glasgow youth theatre before , and expected no more than the distinct lack of interest that met their first film together , that sinking feeling .
10 : 04 p . m . : lightning strikes the clock tower in
back to the future
( 1985 ) .
the clock reflects a western world of total control and administration : time is the mechanism that binds one to a rational order .
“i’ve done ‘the clock’ twice ? ” marclay said , laughing . “well , that proves that i’m too swiss . ”
9 . control in drawing a connection between time on screen and time in everyday life , the video reminds us , if reminding was ever needed , that we are conditioned by the clock , that our days are marked and measured . we watch the clock and the clock watches us . the clock is a dictator and the ultimate panopticon . our daily and lived relation to the clock can be aggressive or passive : we might punch the clock at work but in so doing , we are kept in line by systems of regulation and labour that demands our time . in the clock a recurring trope of the bedside stand with a ringing ‘alarm’ clock repeats across numerous settings . early mornings become hectic as time rings down like a hammer and repeated images of the time roust a sleepy subject to life , to work , and to responsibility . if the bedside stand is littered with cigarette butts , drugs or alcohol , we suspect that the subject will awake impaired and suffer from some sort of anxiety for sleeping in or for sleeping with the wrong person . in a culture of rationalized labour and incessant performance demands , the clock reminds us again and again of who we are and who we must become when the world is watching and the clock is ticking .
this summer at lacma , christian marclay ' s cinematic artwork
the clock
( 2010 ) , a 24 - hour - long compilation of thousands of film and tv clips , will offer remembrances of hollywood matinees past . his mash - up , sampled from across all film and tv genres , and spanning many cultures and eras , consists almost entirely of images and dialogue that depict or allude to the passage of time : close - ups of wristwatches , dramatic shots of big ben , pans of clock faces in grand central station , images of train timetables and airline departure schedules , and countless sequences of people waiting around or rushing off to fateful rendezvous .
running gag : throughout most of the film , han keeps demanding that frank return his private plane after he steals it .
he showed me some “drafts . ” putting on black spectacles , he loaded final cut pro . film clips were
an assemblage of time - related movie moments that had its debut in london in autumn 2010 , mr . marclay’s “clock” is already a popular classic . it is also a functioning timepiece ; a highly compressed , peripatetic history of film and film styles ; an elaborate , rhythmic musical composition ; and a relentlessly enthralling meditation on time as an inescapable fact of both cinematic artifice and everyday life . perhaps the ultimate validation of appropriation art , it thoroughly demonstrates how existing works of art — in this case films — become raw material for new ones .
christian marclay–the clock is organized by sabine breitwieser , chief curator , with martin hartung , curatorial assistant , department of media and performance art . the clock was acquired by moma in 2011 as a promised gift from the collection of jill and peter kraus .
some sequences in “the clock” were inevitable—at noon , “high noon . ” but marclay’s video rendered even that material strange . in fred zinnemann’s film , the fateful hour is preceded by a gallery of anxious faces intercut with a pendulum clock . “it’s condensed in the actual film , ” marclay explained . “i put all of that back into real time . ” his video upended a central illusion of film . theorists like henri bergson had dilated on the falseness of cinematic “duration”—the way that , say , the swirl of a long drunken evening can be captured in a set piece lasting three minutes . marclay made the same point , but viscerally .
above : still from christian marclay’s the clock , 2010 . single channel video ( color , sound ) . edward linde fund . jointly owned by the museum of fine arts , boston , and the national gallery of canada . © the artist . photo : todd - white art photography . courtesy white cube , london and paula cooper gallery , new york .
the clock is now showing at the hayward gallery in london as part of the british art show 7 and is soon moving on to glasgow and then plymouth . the london showings finish this weekend , when the clock has a special late - night opening until 1am . generally , gallery opening times permit visitors only to experience the
daylight
part of the clock . the night - time stretch promises a special intensity .
extended to december 31 , 2011 . a compelling new work created by world - renowned artist christian marclay , the clock ( 2010 ) , an ode to time and cinema , comprises thousands of fragments from a range of films that create a 24 - hour , looped , single - channel video . the clock tells the accurate time at any given moment , and wherever it is screened it is synchronized to the local time zone , so that it is literally a working time piece . the clock , a recent museum acquisition , screens to coincide with the opening of the mfa’s new linde family wing for contemporary art .
19 ) the song over the rainbow came in at no 1 on the american film institute ' s 2004 list of the 100 greatest songs in american films .
* moma acquired a copy of “the clock” for its permanent collection . it did not buy one , as originally stated .
schuchat says it ' s enough for
every american [ to ] be medicated around the clock for three weeks .
36 ) the film is meant to be one of the most watched in the western world , partly because of its heavy presence on tv schedules .
the film ' s wormhole is 1 . 25 miles ( 2 kilometers ) in diameter and 10 billion light - years long .
the acceleration i felt happened because each clip seemed to offer a surcharge of virtual potential ripe for actualization , but almost always impeded by the incursion of the next clip , equally alive with possibility . after 20 minutes , i had been fully indoctrinated into clock time . ( notice how this short circuiting takes place while you’re slowly synching up your internal clock with the onscreen clock . )
clock time is intrinsically associated with labour , work time . this is steven shaviro speaking about tehching hsieh ‘s one - year performance 1980 - 1 , which constituted of the punching of a time clock every hour on the hour for an entire year :
christian marclay : the clock is organized by the san francisco museum of modern art . lead corporate support is generously provided by the charles schwab corporation .
66 ) last year the san francisco chronicle devoted a film section front page to the film , in which mick lasalle declared that the film ' s
entire sequence , from dorothy ' s arrival in oz to her departure on the yellow brick road , has to be one of the greatest in cinema history — a masterpiece of set design , costuming , choreography , music , lyrics , storytelling and sheer imagination .
more simply , clock time is external ( something imposed on our bodies and minds ) , while duration is internal .
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in 2001 , the fate of the world wasn’t at stake . actually , in that sense , contemporary semi - serious sci - fi is much closer in spirit to the film 2010 , an oddly endearing bad sequel which tries hard to crush everything interesting about 2001 with retroactive coherence . 2010 explains , in numbing detail , why hal went crazy — it wasn’t his fault , and the once - mad computer nobly sacrifices itself to save humanity . literally , all humanity : by the end of 2010 , the u . s . and the ussr are at a state of high tension , and the threat of nuclear war looms large . the monoliths , previously an unknowable outside force , reveal themselves as helpful parental figures . they transform jupiter into a star , which makes the moon europa into a new vibrant planet . back home on earth , the americans and the soviets see two suns in the sky – and declare general peace .
, artistic director of pages unbound , film critic for classical 96 . 3 fm and an adjunct professor at ryerson university .
marclay and his team cleverly appropriate the working methods of post - production experts on a film crew . the clock is brilliantly edited : scenes have been chosen by marclay for maximum effect and cut with great delicacy , both in each ”intro” to a scene and its “extro . ” the punch line—where’s the clock ? —is used very well , and when there is no clock , marclay and crew have devised montage sequences of people running upstairs or through a crowd—cut / cut / cut—to a final point when a timepiece does make an appearance .
( 2010 ) is a unique and compelling work created by world - renowned sound and video artist christian marclay . the work is an ode to time and cinema , and is comprised of thousands of fragments from a vast range of films that create a 24 - hour , looped , single - channel video . marclay compiled thousands of film clips of wristwatches , clock towers , sundials , alarm clocks , and countdowns , each of which illustrate every minute in a 24 - hour period .
it’s obvious , of course , where this film is going , but the unpromising - looking vehicle proved an unexpected pleasure to travel in .
usually , when a movie’s good enough , the audience loses track of the time . the clock invites viewers to zone out , but constantly reminds them exactly what time it is . drowning in the current of scenes and events , it’s easy to forget about many things , but time is not one of them . “ the clock really is a clock , ” breitweiser , the curator , told me . “everyone is watching the time go by . ”
in the film , cobb pulled a
mr . charles
on fischer due to the time constraints . what exactly is
mr . charles
?
this summer the city that never sleeps will have another glimpse of an artwork that doesn’t relent much either : “the clock , ” a spellbinding , time - telling 24 - hour wonder of film and sound montage by christian marclay , the polymath composer , collagist , video artist and pioneer turntablist .
in the switch , it’s finally happened again . jason bateman , funny , charming and quick with repartee , acquits himself splendidly . it’s the rest of the film that’s the problem .
a 24 - hour - long meditation on the nature and artifice of time ,
the clock
consists of thousands of film ( and to a lesser degree , television ) clips that feature clocks , watches and other timepieces , edited together so that the time you see on screen reflects the current time .
beginning december 21 , the museum will provide updates on visiting the clock , including live updates on the queue , via urltoken and moma’s twitter account , @ museummodernart .
lead corporate support for christian marclay : the clock is provided by the charles schwab corporation . additional support for the exhibition is provided by lionel conacher and joan dea .
but individual donors also stepped forward to fund particular artworks that moved them . with marclay ' s “the clock , ” hollywood film producer and new york giants chairman steve tisch , who became a lacma trustee last year , pledged the $ 467 , 500 needed to buy the work before voting began .
' the clock ' is at the power plant in toronto until november 25 , and at moma , new york , from december 21 until january 21 .
precision f - strike : cooper gets one towards the end , especially noticeable as there honestly isn ' t much swearing in the film up until that point .
the film on the waterfront ( 1954 ) was partially intended as director elia kazan and writer budd schulberg ' s justification for cooperating with huac . the film ' s hero , played by marlon brando , wrestles with the question of whether to tell the police the names of the criminals operating on the docks , eventually determining that it would be immoral not to do so .
the black hole ' s complex appearance in the film is due to the image of the accretion disc being warped by gravitational lensing into two images : one looping over the black hole and the other under it .
it never really did , although the film ' s cult status has arguably grown in the last 10 years : as he has become more elusive , so forsyth ' s legend has fortified . there was a palpable thrill in the air when the film ' s leads – sinclair , grogan , robert buchanan and dee hepburn – posed for photographs at the glasgow film theatre on sunday , together again for the first time since they made the film . but there was also something bittersweet about watching this frozen elegy for youthful innocence and optimism in a room with its now forty - something stars , a heart - jolting reminder that even daft , dreamy wee boys who have to be home by 11 o ' clock grow into older , wiser , more melancholy men .
thus film and television history is co - opted into a promiscuously goofy hellzapoppin’ - esque collage . but the clock is also a film of considerable philosophical density . it invites us to examine the way time – or the effect of time – is created and structured in film . we become aware of different intensities of film time . there are moments of heightened tension ( ‘hot’ time , you might say ) in which events happen , or are keenly anticipated : notably the run - up to midday , a moment awaited in the clock by a heteroclite mob including moritz bleibtreu , gene hackman and , of course , gary cooper in high noon . then there are the slow , seemingly vacant moments – ‘cool’ time – in which characters lounge around or emerge from late slumber ( 3pm , we learn , is a prime waking hour for artists and drunks ) . we too become acutely aware of time in the outside world ; emerging from the clock , you can expect your sense of the passing minutes to be curiously heightened for a good hour or so .
sanjay suri served as a jury member at mami festival , 2012 ( mumbai academy of moving images ) and as muhr arab feature jury at the ( diff ) dubai international film festival , 2013 . onir served as a jury member for selection of india’s entry for foreign film category at the oscars .
when he finally saw the finished product at the 1981 london film festival , however , sinclair was
mortified
. he thought he looked terrible and gangly ( it suddenly dawned on him why forsyth had
made me exaggerate all those stretches and lunges when he was filming me exercising
) , and he feared his performance
ruined the film
. grogan was a little more level - headed , recognising the film ' s charms , and its
smart , progressive view of a girl ' s world
. but even after the film was greeted rapturously , all involved thought the fuss would soon die down .
17 ) the production costs came in at $ 2 , 777 , 000 – a vast sum for the time . on initial release , the film only earned $ 3m .
there is still a process of editing involved – many of the film clips are leftovers from the gargantuan catalogue that he and his assistants formed whilst working on the clock . it begins with a silent loop showing a disembodied hand , index finger tapping the velvet pile of a curtain , over and over . this is typical marclay – his eye for banal visual oddities was the making of the clock , and indeed all his other video works , which are photographic in a way .
incredibly obvious bomb : marvin drives the secret service in the direction he wants by charging towards them while strapped with dynamite and a ridiculously large micky mouse clock .
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but that interpretation is only obvious if you know the film ' s background , and even then it ' s not inescapable . none of the contemporary reviews i can find describe the film as having any political component at all . ( here is the new york times review , which does allude to the question of whom to credit for the film ' s excellence ; here is variety ' s review . ) in the book showdown at high noon : witch - hunts , critics , and the end of the western , jeremy byman writes :
many non - astronomers also engaged with astronomy during the international year of astronomy 2009 ( iya2009 ) , the largest education and public outreach event in science . the iya2009 reached upwards of eight hundred million people , through thousands of activities , in more than 148 countries ( iau , 2010 ) .
some ten thousand clips were collected for marclay’s video . “putting the clips back into real time , ” he said , exposed “how film is constructed . ”
marclay’s monstrous creation needed a title . he thought of a few of his usual puns : “time piece , ” “clock work . ” then he and burnett discussed the matter , and decided that the work was too grand to be trivialized with wordplay . better , marclay decided , to call it “the clock . ”
this precision yields several extraordinary effects , some of which may be fully evident only to a hypothetical viewer watching the film in its 24 - hour entirety . ( there have been 24 - hour screenings , but to marclay’s knowledge , the longest stint by any viewer has been eight hours . ) one effect is a strangely addictive , mesmeric quality ; the first time i visited the clock , two hours slipped by like a breath . as happens when you watch any involving film , you lose your immediate sense of duration , and yet – here’s the wonderful paradox – the clock constantly reminds you of the exact time . your watching time is metered by the piece itself .
one of the visual pleasures of the clock is that marclay and his team took a euro - centric approach to their film materials . while there are plenty of clips with bette davis and other hollywood notables , the viewer is offered a pleasing variety of films from germany and france—with no subtitles ! —and england . we’re likely to be transported in film clips from berlin during the cold war to post - blitz - bombed london to an antic parisian nightclub—and then to a hollywood studio .
since it premiered at their mason’s yard site in 2010 , the work has been showing almost continuously : in new york , yokohama , jerusalem , plymouth , venice , los angeles , sydney , boston , paris , and zurich . it’s about to open in toronto , but for the first time , marclay isn’t going . having rigorously attended its every installation , he decided to step back and let assistant paul anton smith take over . “it had stopped me from doing other things” he says . “i had a couple of small shows but it was the clock and still the clock and the swiss guy who made the clock – ha ha” he says wearily . “at last it’s taking on a life of its own and freeing me to focus on other things . ”
2 . anxiety the clock references the cinematic past through the recycling of known films . as viewers , we look for anchor points or moments of identification in the montage of clocks appearing before us . for cinephiles , to identify a known actor or the film from which the fragment of time is detached is to locate oneself as an informed viewer in a structure of familiar territory . as comforting as this is , the linear structure of the work and the rapid exchange of one temporal reference by another reminds one that time never stops . expectation comes to propel the film forward from one clip to another . the expectation is that a reference to time will be found embedded in the next clip . a ‘where’s waldo’ of time ensues as we are conditioned by the film to look for clocks . finding the temporal signifier resolves the expectation but this resolution is short - lived , replaced immediately with the expectation that the next scene will provide another image of time . viewers are kept continually in a state of perpetual and anxious receptivity . the film’s oscillation between anticipation and resolution burns out the continuous punctuality of our attention span . the clock is relentless .
44 ) lux radio theater broadcast a 60 - minute cbs radio adaptation of the movie on christmas day 1950 with judy garland reprising her film role as dorothy .
49 ) the film won two oscars for best original score and best original song , and was nominated for best art direction , best cinematography and best effects .


thaaiku oru thaalaattu ( english : lullaby to the mother ) is a 1986 indian tamil film , directed by balachandra menon and produced by k. r. gangadharan .

the film stars sivaji ganesan , padmini , visu and pandiyan in lead roles .

the film had musical score by ilayaraja .

the film was a remake of director 's own malayalam film oru painkilikatha .

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thaikku oru thalaatu is a 1986 indian tamil film , directed by balachandra menon and produced by k . r . gangadharan . the film stars sivaji ganesan , padmini , pandiyarajan , sujatha , ilavarasi . . . see full summary »
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kokila ( shoba ) , a medical college student lives with her father , an engineer and her mother in a home in madras . a house maid ( roja ramani ) who is very close to the family also lives with them . as kokila ' s father travels a lot and his wife suffering from health problems , they decide to keep a paying guest . vijayakumar ( kamal haasan ) , a . . .
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birdemic 2 : the resurrection is a 2013 american romantic thriller-horror film written and directed by james nguyen .

it is the sequel to the 2008 film birdemic : shock and terror .

the film , as with its predecessor , has been considered one of the worst films of all time and features mainly self-referential humor about the reception of the previous film .

taking place two years after birdemic , the film follows another mass bird attack caused by global warming , this time in hollywood .

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birdemic 2 : the resurrection | chill archived may 20 , 2013 , at the wayback machine .
trax ^ rifftrax classic birdemic moments . retrieved august 1 . the true story of ' birdemic ' . james nguyen talks birdemic 2 : the resurrection 3 .
so birdemic 2 is in 2d , but birdemic 3 is going to be birdemic 3d , guaranteed .
birdemic 2 : the resurrection is quite possibly the most awful movie i’ve ever seen . but let’s back up a bit .
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not to be deterred , nguyen released a sequel , birdemic 2 : the resurrection , in 2013 and has plans to round out the franchise with birdemic 3 : sea eagle .
birdemic 2 : the resurrection
- an often hilarious sequel that isn ' t nearly as self - aware as you might suspect . . .
presently , birdemic 2 : the resurrection doesn’t have a release date , though this shouldn’t stop you from watching the trailer embedded below . the original birdemic is currently available on netflix’s instant streaming service .
a sage “tree hugger” tells us about how the environment is good in birdemic 2 .
a hot chick gets inexplicably stung by a bunch of jellyfish in birdemic 2 .
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jake pennington as clark . james nguyen as a restaurant customer ( cameo ) production . birdemic began production in 2 . birdemic was released on dvd and blu - ray disc on february 2 .
mechanic : resurrection proves to be a killer of this potential jason statham franchise .
watch birdemic 2 : the resurrection ( 2013 ) - a platoon of eagles and vultures attack hollywood , california . why did the eagles and vultures attack ? with alan bagh , whitney moore , thomas favaloro , chelsea turnbo . a platoon of eagles and vultures attack hollywood , california . why did the eagles and vultures attack . birdemic 2 behind the scenes . official birdemic 2 : the resurrection theatrical trailer . published on mar 25 , 2013 . birdemic 2 is an almost carbon copy of the first movie . the first 10 minutes are an almost shot - for - shot remake with new characters . the plot is similarly slow and .
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“birdemic 2 : the resurrection” – zero shrouds ( if nguyen was serious ) . if not ( and he’s trying to be bad on purpose ? ) - 25 shrouds . it’s the worst thing i’ve sat through this year either way .
birdemic 2 : the resurrection , the sequel to the modern no - budget classic birdemic : shock and terror ( 2010 ) , follows the survivors of the first film as they once again find themselves under attack by platoons of birds that resemble animated gifs . more environmentally conscious horror fun from james nguyen , the master of romantic thrillers .
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writer - director james nguyen’s upcoming romantic thriller birdemic 2 : the resurrection finally has a trailer , which arrives courtesy of internet movie database . the film , a sequel to the filmmaker’s dodgy b - movie birdemic , features the return of the original flick’s legion of angry birds , though they’re bigger , meaner , and goofier this time around .
one of the closing night films for the cinedelphia film festival on april 27 th is the sequel to the 2010 cult classic birdemic : shock and terror – birdemic 2 : the resurrection . if you haven’t seen the first birdemic , it’s a bit like the room , but with attacking cg eagles and vultures instead of the super awkward sex scenes . also , where birdemic fails in its technical prowess , it more than makes up for it with a sincerity you honestly can’t fake on screen .
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the advertising tag — “you asked for it” — is the best thing about “birdemic 2 : the resurrection . ” its 2010 predecessor , “birdemic : shock and terror , ” was one of those rare instances of filmic ineptitude so distinctive it could pass as inspired folk art , winning the biggest midnight - movie following since tommy wiseau’s “the room . ” lacking the [ … ]
prehistoric floating birds , a giant jumbo jellyfish , and an anti - toilet paper subplot . it could only be
birdemic 2 !
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so with birdemic 2 , i spent a lot of time casting . that ' s about 60 % of a good and successful movie is the casting .
director james nguyen talked with “this week in” about birdemic ii : the resurrection , his hotly anticipated sequel to birdemic : shock and terror . he explains that this movie will be about a flock of eagles and vultures that attack hollywood — who will survive ?
in response to an unexpectedly large number of fans being cuckoo for these killer birds , the film’s production company i got a fish productions turned down standard distribution deals at the last minute to remain independent and push the self - theatrical distribution of ‘birdemic 2 : the resurrection’ ahead of its previously anticipated june 2013 release date .
the late night cult sensation is back ! the chicago cinema society at the patio theater is excited to present the chicago premiere of birdemic 2 : the resurrection ! ! ! also , director james nguyen and producer jeff gross will be in attendance for q & a . come on out and meet the creators of birdemic , you know you have questions for these guys ! they will be bringing some exclusive birdemic merchandise and giveaways . this is one night only on april 25th at 9 : 00pm ! tickets are $ 9 . 00 and can be purchased in advance by clicking onto this sentence . more on birdemic 2 below :
birdemic 2 is about a flock of eagles and vultures wreak havoc amidst blossoming romance in hollywood , california , leaving bloodshed and destruction wherever they hover .
birdemic shock and terror was a masterpiece of awful that at least felt genuine in its mediocrity . birdemic 2 : the resurrection jogs along in unison , but has a sense of knowing that make the incredible production flaws a little less charming . the novelty seems to have worn off as the film takes on a
been there , done that
vibe that ' s hard to shake .
yes in a way . birdemic was produced for less than $ 10 , 000 , birdemic 2 is many times that for budget . but i tried to keep some of the elements that worked in the first one , the humor and the most important the hitchcockian romantic thriller structure .
according to the film’s press release , birdemic 2 director james nguyen’s inspiration for the sequel came while visiting the la brea tar pits . “i went to the museum at the tar pits , which had an exhibit of ancient eagles and vultures , ” he explained . “as i walked through it , i said , ‘this is birdemic 2 . ’ the tar pits are a major hint why the birds attack la . ”
we wanted to bring a birdemic 2 game to all of the fans as well as introduce it to those not yet traumatized by the superb masterpiece .
said joe peterson from goh invest .
working closely with the producers allowed us to use the models from moviehead pictures and i got a fish productions ' head animator on the film , mike wu .
birdemic 2 : the resurrection is expected to hit select theaters early next year , watch the trailer at the official website , www . thisisbirdemic . com . you can catch the original birdemic movie at a special one - night event , when the cast of the hit tv show ,
mystery science theater 3000
screens the original birdemic movie in over 600 theaters nationwide on october 25th .
a few weeks ago i got to chat via skype with james nguyen the director of the birdemic films while he was in vietnam working on pre - production for his next romantic thriller . we discussed not only birdemic 2 , but also his love for hitchcock , birdemic 3 and what he thinks of when he hears philadelphia . enjoy !
fountain valley , calif . , oct 25 , 2012 ( globenewswire via comtex ) - - medl mobile , inc . ( otcbb : medl ) - - a pioneer in the creation , development , marketing and monetization of mobile apps - - in collaboration with goh invest and the producers of birdemic 2 : the resurrection , announced today the launch of
birdemic 2 : the game
, the officially licensed augmented reality game . together they produced a game straight from the mind of james nguyen , the master of romantic thrillers ( tm ) , writer and director of the cult classic , birdemic : shock and terror , billed as the
best worst movie ever made
in 2010 .
so the same technique that i ' m doing for birdemic 2 : the resurrection is the same as james cameron and avatar . the only difference is that james cameron had , what was it , 3 or 400 million dollars , so he can add computers to automate and synchronize a lot of stuff like camera motion that i can ' t afford to do .
you see birdemic as the same as birdemic 2 , the first half of the movie there is a lot of romance between a struggling director bill and a struggling actress named gloria . but surrounding that romance in the first half there is foreboding and foreshadowing , an omen that all is not well .
the first birdemic film had a very environmentally friendly message will that be the same with birdemic 2 , from the trailer it seemed like you has raised the stakes quite a bit . there is a very sort of apocalyptic feel to it ? i think i even saw zombies in there as well .
clips of ' birdemic ' on
attack of the show
july 30 , 2009 .
speaking with birdemic : shock and terror writer - director james nguyen , the first thing that strikes you is that no one is more excited about his film than mr . nguyen . from our conversation it ' s clear that whatever the merits of his films , he ' s in love with the idea of making a movie and equally in enamored of being recognized as a filmmaker . while birdemic hitting dvd and blu ray on february 22 via severin films , the filmmaker with the idiosyncratic films is happily moving along with his next production : birdemic 2 : the resurrection in 3d .
jn : we just shot about 10 % of the production . we ' re shooting the easy scenes first before we take the big risk of shooting on the jaws set on the universal studios backlot . so part of birdemic 2 will be on the universal studios backlot on the jaws set .
the birdemic 2 dvd release party and damien carter live performance will take place at philamoca on friday , october 18 , 2013 , at 8 pm . admission for the event is $ 10 in advance or $ 12 the day of the event .
the film was largely self - financed and was produced through nguyen ' s moviehead pictures company for a budget of less than $ 10 , 000 . the film has gained notoriety for its poor quality , with many critics citing it as one of the worst films of all time . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] after a limited theatrical release , the film gained a cult following and was picked up for distribution by severin films in 2010 . a sequel , birdemic 2 : the resurrection , was released in 2013 .
this was a gift for my son as he loved the first birdemic movie . great seller !
the thing that seems to be throwing people off about
birdemic 2
is that they think it ' s a purposeful and self - aware attempt to make a bad film for the sake of comedy . . .
birdemic
: the magic of atrocious cgi , confirmed archived february 28 , 2011 , at the wayback machine .
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and yet here i am , reviewing the fascinating mess that is the film’s sequel , birdemic 2 : the resurrection . i willingly spent nearly two hours traveling to a chicago suburb with a group of friends to see the movie , which was attended by nguyen , star alan bagh , and producer jeff gross . i don’t tend to seek out these cult movie events , but i did it anyway . i’m writing this review despite the fact that it will say nothing of the film that could not be assumed based on one viewing of its trailer . of course birdemic 2 is bad – it couldn’t be anything else . but its poor quality is actually unbelievable this time .
the film’s production company , i got a fish productions llc , has announced that the world premieres will be in november 2012 in a few select cities with cast and crew on hand , with a wider theatrical release currently being set for december and early next year . to raise funds for broader marketing of birdemic 2 : the resurrection due to increasing theatrical demand , producer jeff gross created a campaign you can check out here .
chill will be bringing birdemic 2 : the resurrection to you first . they’ll have the film , written and directed by the master of romantic thrillers james nguyen , exclusively for 90 days before it out wide to other vod platforms such as itunes , amazon and google play . so if you’re dying to catch it early , hit them up here starting today , april 16th and you can check it out for $ 9 . 99 .
comedy - how did this get made ? ep . # 31 : 31 birdemic live !
but i managed to find a producer jeff gross is the producer and he managed to come up with the money many times over the original birdemic .
alan bagh and whitney moore reprised their roles for the sequel , as did colton osborne , rick camp , stephen gustavson , patsy van ettinger , and damien carter . in his 2 . 01 . 6 vice interview , nguyen said that he is hoping to eventually make birdemic 3 : sea eagle , which would be his last film . retrieved november 2 .
jn : yes , there ' s a sequel called birdemic 2 : the resurrection 3d . [ it ] has a great storyline - - even as good or better than the original , that compels me to make it . you know , i have a small office in hollywood , located near the corner of sunset blvd . and la brea ave . they call that corner
william wilder square ,
named after the great director billy wilder whose greatest film is sunset boulevard .
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birdemic 2 : the resurrection is essentially birdemic : the greatest hits , which is essentially just birdemic shock and terror all over again , but set in hollywood - oh , and zombies . . . there ' s also zombies . not much else has changed since rod and nathalie saved half moon bay from the bird menace and if you ' re up for more half half baked environmental messages and james nguyen ' s
guide on how to make it in hollywood
then you certainly have an eventful 80 minutes ahead of you . for everyone else , yes , the film is a trainwreck . . . but man is it an entertaining pile of awful and more fodder for the midnight movie crowd .
severin films acquired the film in early 2010 and launched the birdemic experience tour 2010 , which showed the film in numerous cities in the united states and toronto , canada from april through july 2010 . [ 19 ] birdemic premiered in the united kingdom at the curzon soho in london on may 28 , 2010 . [ 20 ]
birdemic : shock and terror ( often shortened to birdemic ) is a 2010 american independent romantic horror film [ 1 ] written , directed , and produced by james nguyen , and starring alan bagh and whitney moore . inspired by alfred hitchcock ' s the birds , birdemic tells the story of a romance between the two main characters as their small town is attacked by birds .
but i’ve obviously been a bad black saint because guess what arrived in my mailbox today ? it’s called “birdemic 2 : the resurrection” and lemme tell you something right here and now , i deserve a f * cking medal for sitting through this film . nothing on god’s green earth could prepare me for what i experienced while watching this movie . it’s like i ingested a really bad batch of shrooms and hallucinated the entire experience . i can still see the colors , swirling round my head like little rainbows…
not surprisingly , the original birdemic didn’t enjoy a national theatrical release , though this didn’t stop the film from finding an audience who were captivated by the director’s use of animated picture files to depict the story’s horde of angry , bloodthirsty birds . in certain circles , the film is mentioned in the same breath as troll 2 and showgirls . make of that what you will .
morbid . ' birdemic : shock and terror ' www . dreamindemon . com . december 18 , 2009 .
damien carter is a former street singer who was discovered by birdemic director nguyen . finally having a showcase for his vocal talents , carter wowed audiences with his appearance as a nightclub singer in the first birdemic , performing his inimitable hit
just hanging out ( with my family )
. he returns to birdemic 2 with a fresh perspective and new songs , chief among them the raucous
gonna be a star
. carter will return to his childhood coast for his first - ever philadelphia area performance .
director james nguyen pitches birdemic 3 - sea eagle to raise $ 500 , 000 for production . please help fund birdemic 3 - sea eagle at urltoken birdemic 3 - sea eagle is the 3rd sequel to the cult sensation hit movie , birdemic - shock and terror .
a high flying cult hit !
said the new york times synopsis : birdemic 3 - sea eagle : a flock of sea eagles attack the coastal town of santa cruz , california . why did the birds attacked ? production budget : $ 500 , 000 filming location : santa cruz , california written and directed by : james nguyen produced by : moviehead pictures visit urltoken and urltoken
well it doesn’t go into full apocalypse , because the sequel birdemic 3 is in play , which i am hoping to shoot in vietnam . i just came back from there , because i was in pre - production on the sea is rising my project outside of the birdemic franchise .
but who knows ? the guy who directed - - back in the early 2000s - - he directed open water [ chris kentis ] ? he just made another one - - a horror movie , and it got picked up at sundance . so who knows , birdemic got ignored at sundance [ and ] birdemic 2 is getting a lot of attention , so maybe they ' ll give it a second look .
birdemic 2 behind the scenes : urltoken urltoken # birdemic2 a flock of eagles and vultures wreak havoc amidst blossoming romance in hollywood , california , leaving bloodshed and destruction wherever they hover . the story features original ' birdemic ' survivors rod and nathalie , who are joined by new friends - struggling filmmaker bill , aspiring actress gloria and several other angelenos they encounter as they battle angry birds and a host of new enemies .
american independentromantichorror film . inspired by alfred hitchcock ' s the birds , birdemic tells the story of a romance between the two main characters as their small town is attacked by birds .
well , here you have it , a sequel to a one of the worst films you will ever witness , and even though the effects are
more consumable
than the first , the story is just as bad and the ego that
director
james nguyen brings to the table is far far worse . my jaw was on the floor from boredom and the acting is too wooden to even care . the sound editing is absolutely awful and the editing in general ( even though he nothing god to work with ) is dreadful . i am never going to watch these movies again , because they make we feel extremely dumb inside .
birdemic 2 : the resurrection
is a slap in the face to hollywood , and not is a good way .
on april 3 , 2009 , moviehead pictures self - released birdemic on dvd , selling it exclusively through moviehead ' s official website and manufactured on demand through urltoken . [ 21 ] in early 2010 , birdemic was picked up by severin films [ 22 ] with plans to release the film on home media . birdemic was released on dvd and blu - ray disc on february 22 , 2011 . the dvd ' s special features include an audio commentary by james nguyen as well as one by lead actors alan bagh and whitney moore , two deleted scenes , a feature on the birdemic experience tour , and an episode of the public - access san francisco tv show movie close up which features nguyen and was aired as birdemic was still under production ( the host of the show , bonnie steiger , later played an extra in the bus rescue scene of birdemic ) .
sequel to cult favorite ‘birdemic : shock and terror . to be released in select major cities worldwide in april 2013 .
i thought when birdemic became a world wide cult hit producers would just come up to me and say here is money james , for 20 million lets just produce birdemic 2 , lets make it a huge franchise . but it was still a struggle . i was an inch away from a deal at paramount , they were considering taking over the franchise , but they decided to pass and that was a total disappointment .
visionary writer / director james nguyen said his inspiration for the film was the la brea tar pits . “ i went to the museum at the tar pits , which had an exhibit of ancient eagles and vultures , ” he recalled , “ and as i walked through it , i said , ‘this is birdemic 2 . ’ ” he added , “ the tar pits are a major hint why the birds attack la . ”
bill is based on a real director i know , the character won something at sundace for a movie called four seasons back in 1999 . i wont say his real name , but seasons was in the title . well in birdemic 2 he made that movie and had a chance to direct a 100 million dollar picture , but the movie bombed and the studio said it was because he was too auteur .
us distribution company severin films saw potential in its ineptitude and took the film on a
birdemic experience tour
that included a visit to london in 2010 .
at some point , james nguyen will be the new ed wood , creating disastrous films but doing so with an irrepressible passion . eventually , birdemic 2 will stand next to plan 9 from outer space and troll 2 as one of many enduring cinematic oddities . in some sense , he’s achieved his dream . we’ll let him have it…he might not intend to make us laugh , but his movies are bringing us all together , which is something that cinema , good or bad , should always be able to do .
a horde of mutated birds descends upon the quiet town of half moon bay , california . with the death toll rising , two citizens manage to fight back , but will they survive birdemic ?
coming from the hangover part ii school of sequel plotting , birdemic 2 is almost the same movie as its predecessor , beat for beat . nguyen again apes the birds , throwing in overt hitchcock references and a far - too - intentional insert of tippi hedren’s star on the walk of fame . this time , though , the story goes to hollywood , where the film’s same ham - handed environmental themes ( the real villain is that dastardly thing called global warming ) are balanced with what’s supposed to be a wry critique of the film industry .
barrett , simon ' birdemic ' interview on bloody disgusting archived february 11 , 2010 , at the wayback machine . bloody disgusting . com . retrieved december 27 , 2009 .
nguyen ' s sequel hits almost every single beat of the original birdemic , right down to the poorly filmed sex scene right before the titular birdemic kicks into gear . however , possibly bolstered by an admirable bit of macabre inspiration the murderous birds spawn out of an ocean of polluted red rain that drowns a couple or poor souls , gives birth to the eagles and vultures , and then disappears by morning . the protagonists waste no time reaching for their hangers to battle the onslaught of aviary villains .
so my next film , which i am pre - production for is the sea is rising , which is a romantic thriller and it takes place in vietnam . i have been going back and forth on pre - production for the last 2 years .
halfway through the film the birds attack and it’s disclosed later as to why the birds are attacking . that is the structure of the romantic thriller .
underserved in almost every single way , from script to direction and everything in between , jason statham deserves better than mechanic : resurrection . he is one of the few things that still works here and he saves it from being a total waste of time . not the worst film you’ll see this year but , sadly , this is one for the statham completist only .
on jun 27th , 2012 , youtuber and movie reviewer jontronshow [ 7 ] uploaded a video titled
birdemic : the best worst movie ever
examining why the movie , in spite of its flaws , had merit much like the room .
the attacking - bird sequences are as outrageously primitive as before . otherwise , the pic is marginally more pro in general packaging and design contributions , which isn’t saying much . “birdemic 2” does make one thing perfectly clear : mr . nguyen has a thing for blondes , invariably cast as wannabe actresses who’ll do whatever to attain “stardom . ” in a film less authentically dumb , this misogyny might actually be offensive . but one thing one can say for both “birdemic” pics is that their unique qualities arise from a filmmaker who truly appears not to know any better .
the movie was also inspired by alfred hitchcock ' s 1963 film the birds . the birds starred actress tippi hedren , who appeared in nguyen ' s earlier film julie and jack . birdemic includes footage of that appearance , playing on a television .
whether you look down on them or you lap them up , jason statham movies usually deliver what they promise – sadly , this one doesn’t . statham makes a great action hero and he’s fun to watch – he deserves much better than this and so does the audience . mechanic : resurrection lets him and itself down .
c . dennis moore is the author of over 60 published short stories and novellas in the speculative fiction genre . most recent appearances were in the dark highlands 2 , what fears become , dead bait 3 and dark highways anthologies . his novels are revelations , and the angel hill stories , the man in the window , the third floor , the ghosts of mertland and the flip . he is writing another angel hill novel called return to angel hill with co - author david bain .
continuity errors , like when the boy from the first film said that the girl from the first film died from the fish that the main character cooked , despite the fact that we clearly saw her refuse to eat it .
tim heidecker and eric wareheim , who hosted the los angeles premiere , parodied the movie on their television series tim and eric awesome show , great job ! in the 2009 episode
crows
. [ 32 ] on february 25 , 2011 episode of the soup , scenes of birdemic , especially an elongated scene in which employees clap incessantly at the company ' s good financial news , was the
clip of the week
. the bob buel ridicule theatre podcast featured both birdemic and its sequel on its show , mocking the films extensively . a live show of the podcast how did this get made ? released on february 28 , 2012 and starring cast member whitney moore and guest star
weird al
yankovic ( who states that he is a fan of the film ) is dedicated to discussing birdemic . [ 7 ]
on a 2009
best of
list , bloody disgusting listed birdemic amongst its honorable mentions , calling it
the best worst film you ' ll see in 2010
. [ 24 ] the huffington post referred to the film as
truly , one of the worst films ever made .
[ 2 ] variety reported that
' birdemic ' displays all the revered hallmarks of hilariously bad filmmaking : inane dialogue . . . miscued music , godawful sound . . . and special effects that simply must be seen to be believed : birds dive - bombing and exploding in red - and - yellow poofs of smoke , and clip - art eagles , crudely pasted on the screen , with only their wing tips mechanically flapping .
[ 25 ] the village voice described birdemic as
one more in the pantheon of beloved trash - terpieces .
[ 26 ] salon commented on the
atrocious cgi
and reported that the film had become
a cult hit among bad - movie fans .
[ 27 ]
on february 27 , 2010 , birdemic received its los angeles premiere at the silent movie theatre , [ 14 ] sponsored by bloody disgusting and hosted by tim heidecker and eric wareheim , [ 15 ] followed by a cast - and - crew attended screening at the alamo drafthouse in austin , texas on march 2 , [ 16 ] with follow - up screenings in tempe , arizona . [ 17 ] and new york city . [ 18 ]
a flock of eagles and vultures wreak havoc amidst blossoming romance in hollywood , california , leaving bloodshed and destruction wherever they hover . the story features original ' birdemic ' survivors r . . . more
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in his 2016 vice interview , nguyen said that he is hoping to eventually make birdemic 3 : sea eagle , which would be his last film . [ 39 ]
despite statham either knocking boots , kicking butt or carefully planning how to kick butt for most the film’s 98 minutes , mechanic : resurrection is nowhere near his best , or engaging work but that’s not his fault . the whole film feels much cheaper , less stylish and less engaging than the previous movie and , despite flourishes of creativity , much flatter . there are moments that do lift the film above the average to adequate , but that’s about as good as it gets , and that’s not good enough .
nguyen was inspired to write the script for birdemic : shock and terror while spending time relaxing in half moon bay , california , [ 5 ] and much of the filming took place in the area surrounding the community . birdemic began production in 2006 and took four years to produce , [ 6 ] partly due to time limitations—filming was done mostly on weekends over the course of seven months [ 7 ] —and also due to financial restraints , as it was financed through nguyen ' s day job , plus the time it took for nguyen to find a distributor .
following on from the riot that filled the story in season 5 , the new season of . . .
like the first movie , the birds barely even appear in the movie . the first half of the movie consists of boring segments such as bill walking around in hollywood blvd . at the film ' s opening intro .
i am very excited about the philadelphia premier and i think it’s my first time in philadelphia . whenever i hear philadelphia , i always think of david lynch , because that is where he came from . i am excited to meet the birdemic fans in philadelphia .
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the heart of a good movie - - whether it ' s a $ 10 , 000 birdemic or $ 100 million hollywood - style - - it ' s good casting . you got to have good casting . so i spent a lot of time casting and one of the reasons birdemic became a hit movie is because of good casting . and despite all the imperfections , good casting , good story - - a very seriously - felt story about man and his machines and all the harm it ' s doing planet earth . the movie became a hit , you know ?
“ as a rabid fan of the original and after hearing james’ pitch for the sequel , i knew this was a film that had to be made , ” gross said . “ at the very least , i needed to see it . i felt the world of cinema would be incomplete without the continuation of the birdemic saga . ” he also stated , “ we produced it entirely independently to ensure james had complete creative control through the final cut . fans of the original should be thrilled to see where he took the story . to call the picture ‘unique’ is an understatement . ”
birdemic : shock and terror is 2009 horror / drama film regarding large groups of acid filled , explosive eagles and vultures that attack the residents of silicon valley . though universally panned by critics , the film gained a cult following , leading to more widespread distribution in 2010 .
at times mechanic : resurrection feels more like mediocre straight - to - dvd affair from the late ' 90s or early 2000s than something that belongs in a multiplex . the script is leaden , the villain is thin and clichéd , some of the performances are so off and lackluster that they feel like perhaps they are being forced to perform - jessica alba and tommy lee jones , what were you thinking ? in the press notes , one of the few quotes from jones is about him getting to wear “some pretty cool glasses and shirts . ” that gives you an idea where we’re at with this movie .
now , while all this definitely makes blair witch 2 a pretty weak addition to the series’ very small franchise , i would be doing a disservice if i denied that this film didn’t hold a lot of potential . the core concept of the film—a tour group obsessed with a film that may or may not have been real go out to visit the filming locations and end up killing each other on the belief that supernatural powers were involved—has the potential to be something good and keeping along with the spirit of the series . director joe berlinger had stated that his original vision of the film was a more ambiguous tale that would make the viewer question the reality of the events that occurred and it was the studio that decided they wanted a more horror film - esque approach and ending .
on april 8th , 2014 , cinema sins uploaded a video to their youtube channel [ 6 ] titled
everything wrong with birdemic : shock & terror .
while their series normally indicates a specific time frame the video will work within ( for example in five minutes or less ) this video is set it fill
an awful lot of minutes ,
indicating the film has many more issues than normal . birdemic had a final sin count of 203 , one of the highest in the series , excluding some instalments which feature ' bonus rounds ' , in which the score rises into the high millions . the video gained over 590 , 000 views in less than a week .
in january 2009 , nguyen traveled to the sundance film festival in park city , utah to promote the film freelance , handing out flyers to passers - by from his van , adorned with stuffed birds and paper signs that read
bidemic . com
( spelling birdemic wrong in his haste ) and
why did the eagles and vultures attacked [ sic ] ?
, and renting out a local theater to screen the film . [ 10 ] word of mouth eventually gave birdemic attention from horror movie websites dread central [ 11 ] and bloody disgusting , [ 12 ] while the trailer was featured on the july 30 episode of g4 ' s attack of the show . [ 13 ]
some of the cast from birdemic are coming back . you know , like alan bagh who plays rob in the original - - he ' s back . rick camp who plays the bird expert ? he ' s back - - he ' s in . and tree hugger ' s [ stephen gustavson ] back . the ceo - - he ' s in . the kid who plays tony [ colton osborne ] - - he ' s in the sequel . so some members of the original cast will be back in the sequel .
birdemic 2 picks up a few years after the events of the first movie . rod ( alan bagh ) and natalie ( whitney moore ) are still together , and they’re meeting a friend of rod’s , bill , for lunch . bill ( thomas favaloro ) is telling rod about his latest movie idea and how , after his first big budget hollywood picture flopped , it’s hard getting funding . rod promises bill a million dollars on two conditions : bill give parts to natalie and their adopted son tony . bill agrees , and they’ve got themselves a movie .
in this sequel to cult favorite ‘birdemic : shock and terror , ’ a flock of giant , prehistoric eagles and vultures wreak havoc amidst blossoming love in hollywood , california , leaving bloodshed and destruction wherever they hover . the story features original ‘birdemic’ survivors rod and nathalie , who are joined by new friends , as well as other angelenos in their battle with these deranged birds . fans can expect the same quality they’ve come to know from a james nguyen film , only a whole lot more of it .
uncle drew’s journey from the hardcourt to the silver screen has been an . . .
mechanic : resurrection isn’t unique but it is something of a rarity in that it is a sequel to a remake . while they do happen , they usually happen for a good reason but what the reason is here , i’m not quite sure . certainly , the mechanic redux that jason statham headlined in 2011 was an enjoyable enough action romp but it didn’t exactly have audiences crying out for more - they could get more of the same from most of his movies anyway . regardless , here we are in 2016 with the return of arthur bishop whether you wanted it or not .
i will easily admit that i have sat through tommy wiseau’s the room on several occasions , enjoying it with someone new to the eminently quotable lines , bizarre script , and questionable casting . the room , like many films of its caliber , is crap , but it’s fun crap . however , this is not the case with james nguyen’s birdemic : shock and terror , a film that possesses all the hallmarks of shoddy plotting and production but without any redeeming value . where wiseau ( mostly ) understood the technical aspect of filmmaking , nguyen’s film lets the intricacies of editing , sound , and picture slip through its fingers – which isn’t excusable in any case , even on the film’s tiny budget . combined with the wretched pacing , birdemic’s 80 - minute runtime is excruciating , as anyone who has endured it can tell you .
update 10 / 14 : we want to make sure that the room is packed for this so we ' re going to be offering a 2 - for - 1 special , buy one ticket and bring a friend for free ! damien ' s performance is going to be filmed so we want lots of people in attendance .
i’m not sure if i’m recommending birdemic 2 or not . i’m definitely going to tell my daughter to watch it , but she won’t , and that’s unfortunate because she’d really get a kick out of all the callbacks to the first movie . but for the casual viewer , if you haven’t seen the first one , don’t see the sequel . if you saw the first one and were disgusted by how bad it was , the sequel is no better so you should probably avoid it as well . however if , like me , you know the first one was crap but still had a great time watching it , then by all means try to find a way to watch the sequel . i can’t say i’d recommend buying the thing , but if that’s the only option , at least try not to spend too much . but however you see it , if you liked the first movie for all its stupid , quirky charm , you’re bound to have a great time suffering through this one as well . i know i did .
inconsistent walking speeds , celebratory high fives , sound cuts , and haphazard money transactions - it ' s all par for the course for a james nguyen joint . birdemic shock and terror certainly earned the
so bad it ' s good
label , but does simply copying the formula extend the good will to a sequel . it shouldn ' t , but it does . . . kinda .
sharknado fans rejoiced this week at the news that the syfy channel is pressing ahead with a fifth instalment in the trashy disaster franchise .
before she takes over as the queen in netflix’s the crown , olivia colman . . .
very bad acting as it starts with the
hi ! ' from the last movie .
most of the characters forget their lines halfway through . for example , when the the doctor from the first movie talks about ancient birds he says that they
attacked cavemen
.
nguyen ' s partial self - awareness of his new movie ' s camp value - - encompassing brief incorporation of zombies - - only makes it an effortful , half - understood in - joke rather than the guiltily pleasurable unintentional joke that was birdemic : shock and terror .
so , bill is played by lyle drucker . if you liked the original birdemic with whitney moore - - whitney moore is really talented [ and ] plays nathalie in the original one - - you ' re going to like lyle drucker because he ' s kind of like whitney moore . the guy [ has ] good talent and the right attitude , and i know he ' s going to do great .
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there aren’t enough negative words in the dictionary to fully describe the awfulness on display here but still i wonder whether this is all intentional or not ? if it’s intentional then it’s just a really , really bad spoof of the original “birdemic” , but if it isn’t and nguyen thought he was really making something watchable ( as he did with the original film ) then he shoots to the top of the f . b . i . ’s “most wanted” list . he is truly a menace to civilization if that’s the case and must be stopped at all costs .
but nguyen’s partial self - awareness of his new movie’s camp value — encompassing brief incorporation of zombies — only makes it an effortful , half - understood in - joke rather than the guiltily pleasurable unintentional joke that was “birdemic : shock and terror . ” the sequel also falls pathetically flat in finding any kind of narrative ending .
despicable me 2 is the sequel to illumination ' s first animated movie which came out in 2010 . in this one , gru is hired by an organization who wants to capture a criminal who ' s trying to take over the world because they believe gru can dentify whether or not he or she is a villain . that ' s all i ' m gonna say . i came into despicable me 2 with no expectations . i just didn ' t know what to expect . i really liked the first movie , but it wasn ' t a movie that needed a sequel . still , i ' m glad we got it . this movie feels exactly like the first one , but not in a bad way . it has the same feel , same humor , same style of animation and a pretty similar story . but it ' s all good fun . it ' s an entertaining ride with funny characters and some good jokes . just like the first movie , despicable me 2 also has heart . so not only are the characters funny , but they ' re also sympathetic . there ' s not much i can say about this film . overall , it was really good . if you ' re a fan of the first one , you ' ll love this one too most likely .
unlike the first film , where it ended with everyone being happy , this one just ends with the birds killing one of the guys and leaving , even though the others are still alive .
anyway i agree but i think the room is popular for reasons that don ' t have to do with tommys cult of personality either . the room is like running on raw but complex ambition and nothing else . there are no other ingredients , besides that tommy was like only superficially aware of all the complicated intricacies that go into making prolific dramas like a streetcar named desire . with movies like troll 2 and birdemic you feel like their greatest aspiration in life was trying to make a better version of gremlins or avatar but tommy was somehow aware of how truly good tennessee williams plays were and wanted to top that . it ' s just the most obvious example of a gulf between artistic appreciation and artistic creation i have ever seen .