The Was (Short Film)

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"**The Was**" is a 2016 short film directed by Soda\_Jerk and was also a official collaboration with The Avalanches.

## Synopsis

Multiple film and television clips are spliced together, all set to excerpts of the album Wildflower by The Avalanches.

## Tracks used in the movie

1. The Leaves Were Falling
2. Park Music
3. Subways
4. Because I'm Me
5. Colours
6. Zap!
7. The Noisy Eater
8. Live a Lifetime Love
9. Livin' Underwater (Is Somethin’ Wild)
10. Light Up

### Alt Mixes

1. Going Home
2. Frankie Sinatra
3. Stepkids
4. Live a Lifetime Love
5. Livin' Underwater (Is Somethin’ Wild)
6. The Wozard of Iz

## Medias used in the short film

1. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
2. Above the Rim (1994)
3. Adventureland (2009)
4. Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
5. Amazing Dolphin Video (2012)
6. American Pop (1981)
7. Animal House (1978)
8. Attenberg (2010)
9. Back to the Future (1985)
10. Basquiat (1996)
11. Batman 'Louie, the Lilac' (1967)
12. Beat Street (1984)
13. Beavis and Butt-head 'Holding' (2011)
14. Beavis and Butt-head 'Massage' (2011)
15. Being There (1979)
16. Better Off Dead (1985)
17. Cookie Monster Auditions for Saturday Night Live (2010)
18. Cruising (1980)
19. The Big Lebowski (1998)
20. Blow-Up (1966)
21. Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)
22. The Blues Brothers (1980)
23. Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
24. Body Rock (1984)
25. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
26. Boogie Nights (1997)
27. The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
28. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
29. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
30. Candy (2006)
31. Cat Power 'Manhattan' (2012)
32. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
33. Chandra 'Concentration' (1980)
34. Chandra 'Subways' (1980)
35. Chappaqua (1996)
36. Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)
37. Children of the Corn (1984)
38. Citizen Ruth (1996)
39. Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
40. Clerks II (2006)
41. Coming to America (1988)
42. Coneheads (1993)
43. Control (2007)
44. Crooklyn (1994)
45. Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013)
46. Daisies (1966)
47. Daria 'Arts 'n' Crass' (1998)
48. Dazed and Confused (1993)
49. Death Wish (1974)
50. Derailroaded (2005)
51. The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
52. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
53. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
54. Dope Zebra (2012)
55. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
56. Dumb & Dumberer (2003)
57. Dumbo (1941)
58. Easy Rider (1969)
59. The Ed Sullivan Show (1970)
60. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
61. Encino Man (1992)
62. Enlightened 'Pilot' (2011)
63. Fame (1980)
64. Fast Time at Ridgemont High (1982)
65. Father of the Bride (1991)
66. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
67. Firestarter (1984)
68. Four Duos Video (2009)
69. Foxes (1980)
70. Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999)
71. Fritz the Cat (1972)
72. Garfield's Thanksgiving (1989)
73. Ghost (1990)
74. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
75. Ghost World (2001)
76. Gimme the Loot (2012)
77. Go (1999)
78. Good Burger (1997)
79. Grey Gardens (1975)
80. Groundhog Day (1993)
81. Gummo (1997)
82. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
83. Head (1968)
84. Heathers (1981)
85. Heavy Metal (1981)
86. Hesher (2010)
87. Hey Good Lookin' (1982)
88. The Holy Mountain (1973)
89. The Hurt Locker (2008)
90. Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
91. Janis et John (2003)
92. The Jerk (1979)
93. Jubilee (1978)
94. Kids (1995)
95. Krush Groove (1985)
96. La Chinoise (1967)
97. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
98. Lords of Dogtown (2005)
99. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1982)
100. Magic Mike XXL (2015)
101. Man on the Moon (1999)
102. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
103. Masculin Féminin (1966)
104. Men at Work (1990)
105. Milk (2008)
106. Monster (2003)
107. Moonwalker (1988)
108. Mouth to Mouth (2005)
109. Mr. Freedom (1969)
110. Mr. Mom (1983)
111. My Blue Heaven (1990)
112. My Own Private Idaho (1991)
113. Mystery Train (1989)
114. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
115. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
116. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
117. Oh, God! (1977)
118. Over the Edge (1979)
119. Patty Hearst (1988)
120. Pierrot le Fou (1985)
121. Pink Flamingos (1972)
122. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
123. The Plague Dogs (1982)
124. Police Academy 2: The First Assignment (1985)
125. Polyester (1981)
126. Psychomania (1971)
127. Punk in London (1977)
128. The Punk Singer (2013)
129. Putney Swope (1969)
130. Rising Arizona (1987)
131. Reality Bites (1994)
132. Repo Man (1984)
133. Rockers (1978)
134. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
135. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
136. Seinfeld 'The Cigar Store Indian' (1993)
137. The Simpsons (1989-90)
138. Some Days are Better than Others (2010)
139. Somewhere (2010)
140. Space is the Place (1974)
141. Stand by Me (1984)
142. Stop Making Sense (1984)
143. Street Trash (1987)
144. The Stuff (1985)
145. Suburbia (1983)
146. Subway (1985)
147. Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
148. Taxi Driver (1976)
149. This Is England (2006)
150. Thrashin' (1986)
151. Times Square (1980)
152. The Tonight Show (2014)
153. UHF (1989)
154. Uncle P (2007)
155. The Universe of Keith Haring (2008)
156. Up in Smoke (1978)
157. Velvet Goldmine (1998)
158. The Wackness (2008)
159. Wassup Rockers (2005)
160. The Warriors (1979)
161. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
162. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
163. West Side Story (1961)
164. Wild in the Streets (1968)
165. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
166. Wilmoth Houdini 'Bobby Sox Idol (Frank Sinatra)' (c1944)
167. The Wiz (1978)
168. Yellow Submarine (1968)
169. Zombieland (2009)